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Google Unveils Home-Audio Service Based on Chromecast Technology
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Google Inc. is unveiling a home-audio service so people can stream music in their homes using smartphones, broadening the company’s effort to become a hub for digital entertainment.
The new service, called Google Cast for audio, works when people tap a button on their smartphone and choose a home speaker that has the same embedded technology to stream music through, according to Rishi Chandra, director of product management. The service, which is being announced today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, was built atop the same technology as Chromecast, a small device that plugs into televisions and lets people access digital video services such as YouTube or Netflix Inc.