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YouTube overhauls its app-to-TV experience, shared Wi-Fi network no longer required

Casting from YouTube to your television has been a thing since, well, since Google first rolled out its Cast protocol well over a decade ago, and though the site’s default TV interface is pretty good these days, casting remains the preference of Chromecast veterans everywhere. If you count yourself among that crowd, good news: Google is overhauling how the app-to-TV experience works with YouTube.

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Today’s Android app deals and freebies: Radiant Guardians Of Light, Unbroken Soul, Crystal Journey, more

The gigantic weeklong Labor Day sales are now live at Amazon and Best Buy, but we also have a fresh batch of discounted Android apps to check out – just be sure to scope out this deal on Google Play gift cards with a FREE $15 Best Buy credit too. Highlights include Super Dark Deception, My Child Lebensborn, Crystal Journey, Radiant: Guardians Of Light, Unbroken Soul, and more.

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Be the MapQuest you want to see in the world

Google morning. How many times have you written that before? I hope you had a lovely final weekend before Labor Day. This morning, I’m reading about tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of pristine Duck Hunt cartridges found in a box in Wisconsin, vigorously nodding my head along to John Oliver’s takedown of subscription bloat (but remember to subscribe to 9to5Google Pro anyway!), and wishing I had a 3D printer to create my dream storage and organization system.

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