Google launched the Chromecast way, way back in 2013. Coming up on five years later, VLC is finally rolling out support for Google’s streaming platform. The latest Play Store beta release (v2.9) includes experimental Chromecast streaming, and it (mostly) works.
VLC’s flirtation with Chromecast actually started last year when the nightly builds posted to the VLC site began offering experimental support. It works the same as any other Chromecast-enabled streaming app.
VLC beta adds experimental Chromecast support was written by the awesome team at Android Police.