More than two years ago, Google announced that to Androidu implements a new function. In the then just introduced Android11 featured a redesigned media player that sat in the area above user notifications. Part of the redesign was a quick output switch to show the user both Bluetooth devices and mirrored ones for "seamless transfer". In the final version Androidhowever, on 11, mirrored devices did not make it to the switch. Now evidence has surfaced in the ether that Android 13 could fix it soon.
Jak found out a well-known technology journalist specializing in Android Mishaal Rahman, output switch can v Androidu 13 finally show mirrored devices right next to your favorite headphones or car. However, to make this possible, developers must add pieces of code included in the MediaRouter Jetpack library to their applications. According to Rahman, it appears that Google v Androidin 11 and 12, he turned off this functionality remotely.
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However, it looks like mirrored devices are ready to be part of the media output selector in the Androidu 13. Rahman installed on multiple devices running on new Androidu with the streaming function turned on, a special version of the Universal application Android Music Player, and when he used it to play media, all the mirrored devices appeared right next to the Bluetooth headphones and any other output devices. On the Pixel 6 Pro, Rahman even managed to activate Stream Expansion, which allows media to be played on multiple speakers simultaneously.
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Upon further investigation, Rahman discovered that some of this functionality would be available to developers without them having to lift a finger, so to speak. The update note for the latest version of the Google Cast protocol developer kit explains that remote casts will "be introduced to phones automatically without the need to update your app via the Google Play Services update coming soon." However, developers will need to add support for switching from Bluetooth headphones or speakers to mirrored devices.
It's not clear why it took Google so long to implement seamless streaming for media control. It is possible that parts of the user interface were not yet ready to support this feature. Be that as it may, it's good that the feature will soon become a reality after two years.
