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Source: Google Chromecast with Google TV review: The new best streaming dongle
- Resolution: Up to 4K HDR
- Price: $49.99 (£59.99)
- Stadia support coming in 2021
Source: Google Chromecast with Google TV review: The new best streaming dongle
Positives | Negatives |
---|---|
Fantastic interface | Only one user profile per Chromecast |
Google Assistant is wildly handy | Volume/input controls don't work for all TVs |
Combines nearly every streaming service into one | No Stadia support at launch (coming Q1 2021) |
Cute dedicated remote | Remote is very slippery |
Affordable | |
Also allows for standard casting |
What is the Chromecast with Google TV (2020)?
The Chromecast with Google TV is still a Chromecast. You can still send things like movies, YouTube videos, and music directly to your TV from your phone or computer, just by having the Chromecast dongle plugged in. But casting has shifted from something that required a standalone product to a feature of many of Google’s devices. Google already offered a bonafide content streaming experience in the form of Android TV, but with no dedicated hardware of its own, it barely existed in the market.
To solve this problem, Google has fundamentally changed what the Chromecast is. Instead of simply being a target for content to be cast to, Google has loaded up the Chromecast with Android TV, giving it both casting capabilities, as well as a full-fledged media streaming interface. And to make Android TV better and more accessible, Google developed a dedicated UX for it, which it calls Google TV.