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CyanogenMod Working on AirPlay Mirroring

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Android and Google TV have some pretty good integration. Unfortunately the setup is not always as a simple as some competitors, namely Apple TV. Android users have been asking for true device mirroring for years. AirPlay works seamlessly to connect iOS devices with an Apple TV. With Google’s recently released Chromecast, it’s easier than ever to stream content to your device with Android, but it still doesn’t give us true mirroring from an Android device. If you’re someone who prefers Apple TV over Chromecast or Google TV, you are completely out of luck. Until now. Developer Koushik Dutta recently posted a video and several Google+ posts ( here  and  here ) showing off AirPlay mirroring, built in to the CyanogenMod ROM, streaming content to an Apple TV. He’s been hard at work on getting this working for a little while now. Koush released the AllCast app that worked with Chromecast for streaming and mirroring, but that Chromecast support was short-lived. Google disabled it with a Chrome