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When I'm by myself browsing by phone is fine. But when we're discussing what Movie to watch I'd have to read what I'm looking at to her, etc. etc. - the two of you looking at the same screen is 1000% better.

And casting through Netflix was painful in itself. So slow. But maybe that was just my phone/setup somehow.

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Ditto. Also unlocking your phone. Rewinding/Fast-forwarding on your phone. It's all so slow. And for me at least, it feels like there's a 50/50 chance if I seek in a video it'll just break the stream, I'll have to close the Youtube app entirely, and try again.

On the other hand when you're interested in something specific. Car reviews for example. The TV-Queue is really sweet.

But I just cast from Youtube to my Sony Bravia or Roku's. I'm not sure if that's Google Cast or not. I just discovered it by accident last week.

It is not actually Google Cast but hooks into the same UI for Youtube. Casting Youtube is pretty robust.

We cast our screens when talking about what to watch. But, I agree with you that that part of the experience is clunkier than Roku. On the flip side, the ability to stream anything is fantastic, and I think makes up for that deficiency.

You can now cast your entire screen from more recent phones.

Yeah, that is a lot better. But when I tried it, the casting stopped when I turned off my phone screen. Is that the case for all devices or just my weird setup?

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