One of the awesome new features that Google has introduced in the upcoming 4.2 version of its Android OS is Miracast support. Miracast is an industry-standard Wi-Fi display sharing protocol that allows you to stream practically anything that’s on your device screen to an HDTV connected to a wireless display adapter or Miracast box.
However, the need to have an additional Miracast box hooked up to your TV may soon become redundant. Recently filed WiFi certifications detail a number of different products that will support streaming between devices. Samsung is already known to be working on integrating Miracast support directly into its upcoming Echo-P series HDTV sets, cutting the Miracast box out of the equation. And in case you just bought that shiny new HDTV a couple of months ago, and have no plans, or the budget to upgrade any time soon, word has it that there would be plenty of dongles or adapters which will enable MIracast support on your existing TV sets. Sony and LG have both reportedly been given the nod to start production on such add-ons. The certification documents don’t really offer any more insight towards specific functionality of these dongles, and nor does it show any time table to give us an indication of when to expect these in the market.
That said, CES 2013 could well be a platform where we may get to see some Miracast enabled goodies.
