Microsoft Xim now lets you cast photo streams to Apple TV and other big screens
Microsoft has just released the first major update to its overhead-free photo-streaming app, Xim, thereby adding support for streaming to big screens.
As we noted in our article about its launch a couple of weeks ago, Microsoft Xim “lets you share and stream your photos without having to huddle around your phone with your friends” and “also works remotely for users who are not necessarily in the same room or location.”
Notably, only one person in the group needs to have the app installed. But new photos, people, and messages may be included by others if they also have the app. Either way, streamed photos are synced across devices.
Streamed photos can also be saved by long-pressing on them. But as noted by Microsoft in the walkthrough video below, photos are set to expire after a short while, “so there’s no storage or management overhead to worry about”:
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Through its first major update, Xim has gained the ability to stream photos on big screens as well as on the small screens of your mobile devices. Specifically, the app now features display support for browsers and media streaming devices, including Amazon Fire TV, Google Chromecast, Xbox One, and, of course, Apple TV:
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“Once connected to a wireless network,” Microsoft notes in a new blog post. “Xim automatically detects any such streaming media devices and completes the pairing process with just the touch of a button.”
Aside from adding browser and media streaming device display support, the latest update to Xim extends the photo expiration period to one hour and delivers bug fixes.
Xim is also available on Windows Phone and Android.
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