Facebook gets bigger with casting to TV
If there is one thing we all can agree on, it is that Facebook just wasn't big enough before.
Well, thanks to new functionality that lets you stream Facebook video directly to your TV, we won't be able to say that anymore. Now, we'll all be able to watch Facebook videos as they were meant to be seen -- on the big(ger) screen.
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So what exactly is happening? Elyse Betters has the background:
Facebook...has been really pushing video these last couple years...bulking [up] its video platform and live-streaming capabilities. Now, as part of that strategy, you can send any Facebook video to your nearby Apple TV or Chromecast. The functionality works from web browsers and iOS devices...support for Chromecast (no support for Apple TV) will soon arrive for Android too.
How exactly does it work, though? Chris Davies has the details:
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