TIL: My PS4 is a chromecast device

by mahdif62

Maybe there are people out there who don't know this.

just_ric

You might want to do a bit more testing on your theory.

You can cast YouTube to the PS4 when you have the YouTube app installed but nothing else (last I checked anyways).

haojiezhu
niekez

It's not though, maybe Youtube works through an old api

z0l1

Plex and YouTube work, doubt about other apps

NedSc

Even if it was (it's not), why are you posting about it in this sub?

JimboLodisC

You're actually using DIAL , which was created by Netflix, YouTube, Samsung, and Sony. Chromecast initially used this protocol but switched over to mDNS shortly after release. Google kept the DIAL compatibility in the apps so you'll still be able to have Netflix and YouTube "cast" with the cast icon. It is technically not 'Chromecast Built-in', though. So it's a bit misleading to call it that.