Presenting devices as applications

A method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising:

• at a management application executing on the computing device, receiving an indication of a second application to consume content generated by a first application;
• at the management application, interrogating the second application to determine a set of options for consuming the content, based on one or more capabilities of a target device;
• determining whether to provide a common experience to a user or to provide to the user an experience that is at least partially tailored to the second application, the common experience being common to a class of applications that includes the second application;
• in response to determining whether to provide the common experience to the user or to provide to the user the experience that is at least partially tailored to the second application, providing a dialog from the management application to enable selection from the set of options;
• providing the selected options from the management application to the first application;
• at the management application, receiving from the first application a content stream generated for the content according to the selected options;
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• providing the content stream from the management application to the second application.

One or more computer readable storage media storing instructions that direct a computing device to perform actions comprising:

• instantiating an instance of a management object for mediating an interaction between a first application and a second application, based on a selection of the second application;
• from the management object, determining one or more capabilities of a target device based, at least in part, on communications with the second application;
• from the management object, providing an experience for selecting from a set of options for the interaction, wherein the set of options are generated based on the one or more capabilities of the second application;
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• initiating the interaction between the first application and the second application, according to the selected options.