That allowed competitors Roku and Amazon Fire TV to overtake Chromecast's early popularity and dominate the market for streaming-TV devices.
But during this heyday for streaming, Chromecast mostly stayed the same.
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A raft of new streaming services have flooded the marketplace, including Disney Plus, HBO Max, Apple TV Plus and Peacock from NBCUniversal. Since then, streaming has grown more popular than ever, especially during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Though Google gave its $30 entry-level Chromecast a few tweaks in 2018, the newest Chromecast reflects the first major update to the search giant's line of streaming devices since 2016, when it revealed the Chromecast Ultra. This new dongle hit shelves in some Home Depot stores Monday, unleashing a raft of spoilers online from shoppers and press outlets that snagged them early.
But tons of details about Chromecast had already been reported because the device itself leaked two days before its big reveal. Google's new Nest Audio smart speaker arrivesĬhromecast with Google TV was officially unveiled at Google's virtual event, which also unveiled its Pixel 5 phone and a Nest Audio smart speaker.Pixel 5 gives Google a 5G flagship phone.Chromecast with Google TV, Nest Audio and Pixel 5 with Hold for Me: Everything Google announced.We should note: Early testing of units already in customer's hands indicate no Stadia support beyond the existing workarounds as of yet, though it might depend on as-yet-unreleased updates. The chipset also supports HDMI 2.1's Auto Low Latency Mode, which could let the Chromecast with Google TV tell compatible TVs to switch over into game mode for specific activities - probably hinting at official support for Google's cloud game streaming service Stadia, though Google could use it for something else, or it may ignore that hardware support entirely. So far, leaks haven't tested which HDR standards the dongle will support, but the hardware itself can do HDR10, HLG, and Dolby Vision.
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This chipset has appeared in several other Android TVs and set-top boxes, with the oomph to decode up to 4Kp75 10-bit H.265 content, output up to 4Kp60 over HDMI2.1, and support for several HDR standards. The bundled Chromecast Voice Remote, in addition to its own weird branded name, includes a directional navigation pad, back button, Assistant button, home button, mute button, app buttons branded for YouTube and Netflix, a TV power button, a button to change TV inputs, a microphone, an LED to indicate when it's activated, and volume controls.Īlso included in the box is a power cable (Type-C to Type-A), power adapter, and two AAA batteries for the remote, as well as the expected manual.Īmlogic S905X2 w/ Quad-core Cortex A53 1.8GHz & Mali-G31 MP2 GPUĬhipset supports HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision, and Auto Low Latency Mode. The front has plain embossed "G" Google branding and the back has your usual regulatory info, other required labels, an indicator light, and a button (probably for resetting).īased on what we've seen most recently, the dongle will come in four colors: Cosmo Blue, Summer Melon, Rock Candy, and Snow. When it comes to hardware, the Chromecast with Google TV is a small, not quite oval puck with a USB Type-C port for power and a dangling cable for HDMI output - pretty familiar design in general if you've used one of the later model Chromecasts.
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