Samsung latest to embrace the second screen and take on Airplay

Samsung is taking more than just some cues from Chromecast: The company’s new second-screen API is compatible with DIAL, the multi-screen protocol that was jointly developed by Netflix and Google. But the company went one step further and added functionality on top of DIAL that allows developers to control media playback from the mobile phone, launch games on the phone and use the TV as a display and even overlay content over live TV programming. - Janko Roettgers

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