VLC 3.0 media player will support Chromecast streaming, changelog reveals

VLC 3.0 media player will support Chromecast streaming, changelog reveals

Brace yourselves, VLC 3.0 is coming, and with it a full Chromecast output support, a changelog revealed. The popular media player app recently came out of beta in the Play Store, but was promptly removed, and is now lurking somewhere in the shadows, apparently waiting for the big upgrade straight to VLC 3.0. Now, when and whether the Chromecast support will be implemented for Android device lovers to stream at will, remains to be seen, but the changelog offers a promising start of the new year for the millions of VLC fans around the globe.

What's more, VLC had previously revealed that it was looking to add support for its entire suite of apps. In June last year it said that it would bring the feature to iOS first - ironic considering Chromecast's Android roots. The Android app would also get the upgrade after, as would PC and Mac.

However, the official iPhone and iPad app was removed from iTunes late last year (after iOS 8 was released) and has yet to re-emerge. And the feature is still to appear on the Android, PC or OS X versions.

That, it seems, is because VideoLan has been waiting to implement it in the third-generation version of the VLC player.

The changelog, which lists the differences between VLC 2.2 and VLC 3.0 has a line stating "Chromecast output module" under a section titled "Stream Output", so it is highly likely that we will see some movement on this soon.

And while Chromecast support has been added to other video playing apps of late - such as Infuse on the iPad - considering VLC's reach this could be of great benefit to a lot of people. Yoursalephones