Google’s new Chromecast streaming media dongle is slightly different. Besides fantastic streaming or “casting” content from your devices like its previous products, this brand new device will give you a feel like modern days smart TV.
With a thorough user-interface and remote control, the latest Chromecast with Google TV will cost you in an affordable range. You can still Google Cast to the brand new device, but this new smooth plastic dongle is more than just a simple receiver that runs the full Android TV software, same as the Nvidia Shield or smart TVs from reputed brands.
Main Specifications
The Chromecast with Google TV comes with a quad-core ARM processor, 2GB RAM, and 4GB of Storage. It offers you comprehensive service with Wifi ac, Bluetooth, and HDMI 2.0b connectivity. Being a watchful gadget with Andoird 10 software, Chromecast with Google TV supports almost every popular format like Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Atmos, Digital, and Digital Plus. You will find it really efficient in terms of design and weight as the Google TV has dimensions 162 x 61 x 12.5mm and weighs 55g.
Google TV
As soon as you plug in your Google TV, the brand new chromecast is set up using the Google Home application on an Android, iPhone, or iPad within the next five minutes. You can use frequent essential features like Scan the QR code on your Google TV, Sign in with your Google account credentials, and choose few applications to install. Google TV allows you to add more than one Google accounts for limited multi-user support, like the ability to access multiple accounts in applications like Youtube.
Google TV has a straightforward interface. Discrete applications for your media services offer you the same experience the most Smart TVs do, with navigation via a remote’s direction pad having the select and back buttons.
Google Assistant
You will find a search tab there, but your Google TV is already geared up entirely for using the voice to search with the help of remote control. Press and hold the Google Assistant button while speaking, and it will either find or perform whatever the command you want or perform the desired action.
Besides the search feature, Assistant is capable of controlling playback such as” skipping five minutes” and frequent things the voice assistant can do on a smartphone, tablet, or smart screen. It also includes streaming feeds from high-quality cameras, switching lights on and off, giving details about the weather forecast, showing special occasions from your calendar and schedule.
Performance
The Chromecast with Google TV mostly gives excellent performance while in terms of dynamic streaming content. Applications launch at a quick rate, movies start streaming in high quality with an instance, and the dongle supports all the latest video and audio formats.
The dongle applies the suitable HDR format for your Google TV over the entire interface and all content – same as the Apple TV. When the interface is smooth and modern, it often becomes slow when you go back to the home screen after opening an application or media. Sometimes the interface appears in silhouette with empty boxes and loading animation, holding on for the thumbnails for the copious services, content, and applications to appear.
Navigation within applications like Netflix is not as quick as it could be. Actually, it’s not slow, but you can eventually tap on the navigation buttons faster than the interface’s movement.
Sustainability
The Chromecast with Google TV comprises 46% post-consumer recycled plastic in its machinery parts. Its remote control uses standard AAA batteries, including two non-rechargeable batteries.
The utility of more sustainable products is a component of Google’s commitment to add recycled or renewable matters in at least 50% of plastic used in its products relieving from 2025.
Observations
You have to press the Assitant button on the remote for a moment than you’d expect after you stop speaking, or it will miss the last word you said.
You can put any of your images saved on Google Photos as a screensaver in case you are not so active to use the Chromecast, or you can ask Google assistant for your photos.
It doesn’t support any non-Dolby audio formats such as DTS.
Final Verdict
The Chromecast with Google TV has almost everything perfect, rejuvenating Google’s smart TV system with a straightforward interface, efficient voice search, and upgraded Assistant functioning.
The name Chromecast may be the reason behind its popularity, but the brand new version of the dongle is something extraordinary than a straight forward cast receiving device. The availability of a remote for controlling the playback without reaching your smartphone is a certain enhancement.
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