LG brings Google Cast to its multiroom Music Flow speakers and soundbars

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Owners will be able to use Google Cast to stream music from their Android or iOS device, Mac or PC directly to LG's Music Flow speakers.

They will also have access to tunes from Google Play Music, TuneIn, iHeartRadio and Rdio, streamed from the cloud.

LG's Music Flow range includes the company's first portable multiroom speaker, the H4, which joins the H5 and H3 speakers, along with three soundbars - the HS6, HS7 and HS9.

"We are pleased to announce that LG Music Flow will be among the first audio speakers to feature Google Cast," says Byung-hoon Min, head of the CAV division at LG.

Other services incorporated into LG Music Flow products include Spotify Connect and Deezer.

Google Cast will be available on most LG Music Flow models this month (April), with the H4 portable getting the upgrade by the end of May. Current owners of the relevant models will be able to upgrade their products "over the air", says LG.

MORE: Read our LG Music Flow system review

Andy Clough
Andy Clough

Andy is Global Brand Director of What Hi-Fi? and has been a technology journalist for 30 years. During that time he has covered everything from VHS and Betamax, MiniDisc and DCC to CDi, Laserdisc and 3D TV, and any number of other formats that have come and gone. He loves nothing better than a good old format war. Andy edited several hi-fi and home cinema magazines before relaunching whathifi.com in 2008 and helping turn it into the global success it is today. When not listening to music or watching TV, he spends far too much of his time reading about cars he can't afford to buy.