Chromecast Support
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I find it surprising that even after 3 years of members asking for Chromecast support (or Google Cast), Bluesound still haven't implemented it!
I have a NAD t778 and was considering getting a Pulse M but after finding out there's no Chromecast support (and no plans), it's definite no.
The Kef LSX II, Bose Home Speaker 500, JBLs and B&O all support Chromecast, why not Bluesound? Seems like it's not being prioritised enough, sounds like it's not on the roadmap anymore given the silence?
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Official comment
Look at Sonos as a similar system and you won’t find Chromecast there either. B&O do admittedly have Chromecast but only on the Mozart based devices and cost considerably more.
Bluesound have stated in the official comments on many posts that there is no news but do hope to bring it to Bluesound in the future.
In the meantime any unsupported music streaming service can use Bluetooth or Airplay.
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You can look at WiiM for Chromecast enabled, cheaper but as/more qualitative and more reactive Bluesound alternative
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They don’t have any speaker devices like the Pulse M which the OP was looking at.
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Thanks JG! Looks like a good alternative. I'm not really that bought into Bluesound, but given I have a NAD amp, I thought it would be easier to just stay within the ecosystem. But convenience is more important to us than sound quality.
Having multiple Nest minis all over the house that control a set of speakers is the ideal setup. Maybe the WiiM would be a good shout, I'll look into it.
I'm going to try the Bose Home Speaker 500 since it's on par with the Sonos Move that I have (which is going back, mic isn't able to capture all requests as good as the Nest Audio).
Bluetooth isn't an option, it's laggy and cannot stream to multiple speakers easily. Airplay is out since we've got Android devices (and the Google Assistant is far superior)
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Look to Volumio devices. They are awesome.. and cheaper. Bluesound does not want to API integrate YTM either and blames in on Meta.
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That looks super interesting! I love how it's open source. Only problem being that Volumio cannot be a cast target (so for example, you can't connect a raspberry pi to a speaker and cast to it). It also therefore can't be a default audio device for a Google Nest Mini.
If those things existed, Volumio would be ideal, cos you could use any speaker with a rPi and cast to it via voice!
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Isn't this available as a plugin from the Community?
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Hi Andy, whilst this could indeed work as it’s not licensed by Google they would set their lawyers onto Bluesound and that would affect the working partnerships with NAD, Cyrus, PSB, Roksan and MonitorAudio.
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Its a solution outside the Bluesound sphere and has nothing todo with Bluesound.
Interesting how Volumio (and many others) has managed to do this without getting into a legal conflict..
My point is its possible, as shown by many other companies.
Bluesounds focus is currently about problems, not solutions.
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Hey Andy
Thanks for that link, that plugin is only for youtube casting, it wouldn't replace Google Cast. If there is an effort in the community, I'd be happy to trial it out. Volumio does seem a lot more feature rich that BluOs!
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Volumio and WiiM. And more reactive/supportive to their users community.
That said Bluesound products are more classy/well-finished, provide top-notch connectivity and are eventually more mass market. Distinct customer groups I guess
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Volumio offers their own line of devices though to ensure the clas/finish etc. I have a Primo myself and I'm very happy with it. The software works as intended, the build quality is nice. Not sure I agreed with Volumio there but ViiM for sure :)
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