![]() ![]() A Back, Home and Mute button are below, then two dedicated buttons for YouTube services and Netflix (thankfully not garish logos, just text). You use this to scroll through menus, fast forward and rewind, and select. You get a circular, four-way directional pad with a selection button in the center at the top. It is a tad slippery, and the buttons are easily pressed so when you sit on it it will change the channel, but Google didn’t try and reinvent the scroll wheel here and it all works very well. It has a nice substantial feel, fitting comfortably in your palm. Small, but not too small, slim, but not so thin it’ll disappear forever between the cushions. No matter which color you opt for, it's going to be a lot easier to find this pretty pastel thing in the dark, black hole of your couch. Where the color does come into play is on the minimalist matching remote. The color is a bit odd behind a TV where everything else is black and likely always will be, but it's going to be hidden so why not let the Google design team have some fun? Instead you can pick from Snow (white), Sunrise (pink), and Sky (blue). The big change is the color - no boring black here. It also connects to your TVs HDMI port with an HDMI output at the end of a short cable, and to power via a USB-C port and USB cable and plug (it has to be plugged into an outlet). ![]() ![]() The dongle resembles the regular Chromecast in shape and design, just a little more oblong and sporting a more subdued, matte plastic. Google’s fast burgeoning penchant for pastels being the notable exception. While the new Chromecast is a complete redesign of the original Chromecast on the inside, on the outside it looks remarkably similar. We’ve been using the Chromecast with Google TV for two months now and while it is definitely taking over as our cord-cutting household’s streaming stick of choice, there are some issues. It also doubles as a gaming console (for Apple Arcade), which the Chromecast doesn't for Google’s Stadia (although Google says support is coming next year). It's also a lot less expensive than the Apple TV 4K, which does boast a built-in Ethernet port and much more storage (the Chromecast only offers 8GB). It's cheaper than the Chromecast Ultra, still streams in 4K HDR10+ and offers all the Dolbys (Vision, Audio, Atmos, Digital +) on supported apps, putting it on par with the likes of Roku’s Streaming Stick Plus and Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K both for price and capability. Plus, it's a decent smart home controller, tooĪt £59.99, the new Chromecast is a genuine rival to the likes of the Amazon Fire TV Stick and the popular Roku devices. Taking everything that was great about the Chromecast - wide app-compatibility, excellent voice control, and supreme ease of use - and adding a physical remote and TV interface for a more traditional TV viewing experience, the new Chromecast is as close to a perfect streaming device as you can find right now. The interface on Amazon’s Fire TV is frustrating to use and full of ads my husband won’t touch the Apple TV remote - its touchy trackpad and slippery style drive him nuts a regular Chromecast is a non-starter in a household with children and our default solution - an Xbox with a dedicated media remote - helped with family harmony but had no useful content search options.Įnter the Chromecast with Google TV. In the five years since I cut the cord, the perfect streaming device has been elusive. ![]()
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