Microsoft working on Miracast Dongle streaming hardware

[Geek-9pm]

This has been confirmed from other sources.

By Jane McCallion

Posted on 22 Aug 2014 at 09:45

Microsoft is getting ready to launch a Wi-Fi streaming dongle, an FCC filing suggests.

The FCC Wi-Fi certification document (PDF) names the product simply as "Miracast Dongle" and categorises it as a media adapter.

The device, codenamed HD-10, uses 2.4GHz Wi-Fi only, much like Google's Chromecast, and is certified for 802.11bgn Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, WPA Personal and WPA2 Personal connectivity.

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This would complete with the thing made by Google.

[strollin]

The good thing about this is that the Chromecast is not supported by Windows apps whereas Chromecast has a number of apps in the Google Play store that support it.  You can only use the Chromecast with Windows by using the Chrome browser to mirror the browser to the Chromecast.  With a typical Android app, you can start something like Netflix streaming to the Chromecast then switch to another app without effecting the streaming content.

If MS hardware will be supported by Windows store apps, it could be more useful with a Windows device than the Chromecast is today.

[Geek-9pm]

strollin, good point.
Competition is good for us consumers.