EZcast is a Chromcast clone from China

Ying HuaFebruary 6, 2014

Another Chinese built rival of the Google Chromecast is not availableonline through Aliexpress, the $27 EZ Cast, EZchrome dongle.

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Aliexpress is an interesting site to hangout and see what great gadgets are available, and at reasonable prices from China. Reader Igor Mishin discovered one such treasure when he came across this Google Chromecast knock-off. The EZcast is a small black dongle which plugs in to your HDMI equipped TV and allows you to wirelessly mirror what is shown on your smartphone, tablet or PC on to the big screen.

How good the product is we don;t know, but at just $26.87, it might be worth a try.

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Ying Hua
I'm an avid gamer and a bit of a Ninja when it comes to gadgets and technology. When I'm not busy with the latest Android and iOS games and I can be found writing at Gizchina.com.

Can someone explain how this is different from a miracast dongle? thanks
Guest
February 6, 2014
Can someone explain how this is different from a miracast dongle? thanks
bhendrajana
February 6, 2014
same principles as miracast, however you do not have to have miracast phone. Any smartphones can do mirroring with ezcast apps & dongle… but a little buggy
Guest
February 6, 2014
same principles as miracast, however you do not have to have miracast phone. Any smartphones can do mirroring with ezcast apps & dongle… but a little buggy

yogicube
February 6, 2014
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February 7, 2014
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gr1nch
February 24, 2014
I just got this dongle today and I’m able to fling content to my TV and share my smartphone screen mirroring. There is Miracast but no Chromecast support. Having used many types of connected devices (XBMC, OpenElec, RPi, Android sticks) it feels odd using Miracast for the first time as it disconnects the device (and your smartphone) from the wireless LAN, so it can establish a direct WiFi connection between them – so effective only with local content on your smartphone. Via the casting you can run Youtube videos. Not figured out the DLNA features fully, but looking promising. Would like more Android apps to support the Intents that EZcast uses.
smartphone = Ulefone U650 (Android 4.2.2)
gr1nch
February 24, 2014
I just got this dongle today and I’m able to fling content to my TV and share my smartphone screen mirroring. There is Miracast but no Chromecast support. Having used many types of connected devices (XBMC, OpenElec, RPi, Android sticks) it feels odd using Miracast for the first time as it disconnects the device (and your smartphone) from the wireless LAN, so it can establish a direct WiFi connection between them – so effective only with local content on your smartphone. Via the casting you can run Youtube videos. Not figured out the DLNA features fully, but looking promising. Would like more Android apps to support the Intents that EZcast uses.
smartphone = Ulefone U650 (Android 4.2.2)