Home-bound users fume as video apps do not sync with TVs

An employee exits a gym following a citywide order to close gyms in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19), in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US. As stay-at-home orders push workouts, concerts and even happy hours online, Volpe and other consumers are finding that some of the most popular services do not work with products from rivals. — Reuters

OAKLAND, California: Kat Volpe laid out an exercise mat and tried to sync her iPhone with her big screen TV for a fitness class webcast on Instagram last week during New York's coronavirus lockdown.

But the popular app is incompatible with Google's Chromecast TV-plugin device which is remote controlled with a smartphone or computer.