***NOTE: Our deepest apology for the app is still not working as expected. We are currently working with many different developers to make it work. However our budget and cash flow is running out and would like to call sponsors and donators to support this app development. If we do not have enough funds (within 1 year) we will likely discontinue this app***
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uCast Information Dashboard is a personalized homescreen for Chromecast. Create and organise widgets to your liking and display them on your TV. This app requires a Chromecast or a Cast enabled device to work.
You can now create alarms to automatically trigger casting of your dashboard to your TV.
Widgets available :
- Clock and date
- Weather: get current
and future weather forecasts
- RSS: view RSS or ATOM feeds on
your TV
- Calendar: read your phone's calendar and display it on
your TV
- Stock: select from a list of stock quotes
- Audio
: play audio streams or podcasts (beta). Select a podcast from the
app, or enter a url to an audio file or stream or playlist and listen
to it on your chromecast. Supported audio file and playlist formats :
mpeg (mp3, mp4, etc), .ogg, .pls, .xpsf, .m3u.
- Map: Weather
layer or traffic map with directions information
Features available :
- Choose your own backgrounds to display
behind your widgets (beta)
- Customize the look of your widgets
More widgets and more personalization options coming in future
versions.
Upcoming widgets and features :
- Picture
slideshow widget
- Facebook and other social media
integration
- Email widget
- Integration with other audio
services (Google Music and others)
- Device notifications
widget
- Better widget position, options and size control
-
Additional interaction with widgets on Chromecast from your device
Some Dashboard Cast widgets are still considered experimental.
Permissions :
- Approximate location : the weather widget has an
option to use your current location to get weather data. The
permission is needed to access the city you are in to display proper
weather data.
- Read calendar events : the calendar widget needs
this permission to send your upcoming events to Chromecast. If you do
not have a calendar widget set up, the application does not look at
your calendar data.
- Prevent phone from sleeping : if the phone sleeps while connected
to the Chromecast, the connection is interrupted. Therefore the
application needs to prevent the CPU from going to sleep in order to
keep the connection open.
- Receive device boot completed :
needed to schedule alarms when the device is powered on.
- Access
and change wifi state : allows uCast Information Dashboard to
automatically turn on wifi without going into the device settings.
