--- title: 5 things I did with my old Chromecast instead of leaving... description: Old Chromecast devices can be repurposed instead of discarded: turn one into a digital photo frame via Google Photos screensaver, build a retro gaming console... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/5-things-i-did-with-my-old-chromecast-instead-of-leaving-it-in-a-drawer-gu2gp5dgg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 5 things I did with my old Chromecast instead of leaving it in a drawer | daily.dev og:description: Old Chromecast devices can be repurposed instead of discarded: turn one into a digital photo frame via Google Photos screensaver, build a retro gaming console... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/5-things-i-did-with-my-old-chromecast-instead-of-leaving-it-in-a-drawer-gu2gp5dgg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Gu2gp5DGG.png og:image:alt: 5 things I did with my old Chromecast instead of leaving it in a drawer og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 5 things I did with my old Chromecast instead of leaving it in a drawer **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Old Chromecast devices can be repurposed instead of discarded: turn one into a digital photo frame via Google Photos screensaver, build a retro gaming console with RetroArch emulating N64, SNES, PSP and Atari, cast a phone screen to a TV for a bigger display, use the Dakboard app to create a big-screen dashboard showing weather, news and calendars, or plug it into a soundbar's HDMI port to stream music and podcasts when the TV is off. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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