- Google has stopped selling chromecast with Google TV
- The gadget made its debut in September 2020
- An upgrade is available in the form of the Google TV streamer
Four and a half years after making its debut, the Chromecast with Google TV is no longer sold by Google – joining products like Google Daydream and the Nexus Q (don’t forget that?) In the material section of the Google cemetery.
The disappearance of the official Google store gadget was noted by 9TO5GOOGLE and others, the 4K and HD versions are no longer available. The HD model was launched in 2022, two years after the original.
Although you can always hunt one through third -party resellers, the future is really the Google TV streamer unveiled in August 2024. It is now the default Google TV device, yours for $ 99 / £ 99 / $ 159 at.
However, as a long -standing user of the Chromecast with Google TV (4K Edition), there is no way to exchange the old device for the new one at the moment. In fact, I will probably stick to my current streaming dongle until it stops working, which could still be several years off at this stage.
Which makes chromecast with special Google TV
Chromecast with Google TV was a significant upgrade of traditional chromecasts when it made its debut. Before its arrival, chromecasting was fairly fast and easy, but everything had to be checked on a phone, tablet or laptop.
With the Chromecast with Google TV, you have a small distant remote control – even easier to use, with its touch, physical buttons and its scrolling cushion. There is also a storage on board and a software interface, making it a really autonomous device.
The Google TV streamer is by no means bulky, but it needs a flat surface to sit, while my chromecast with Google TV simply hangs from an HDMI port. The new gadget is also more expensive, exciting more storage than I will never use.
The old and new streaming devices use Google TV – one of the best and most versatile TV software platforms – there is therefore no upgrade there. In an ideal world, I would like a chromecast with Google TV, 2025 Edition (if someone google bed), but my current streaming gadget continues to do a good job.
