It’s not such as you didn’t have already got a dozen Chromecasts floating round your own home. What’s yet one more? A brand new Google TV dongle, probably full of upgraded options, is on the horizon. Hopefully, this might be a big replace to the present four-year-old favourite. However the present pricepoint that’s rumored appears to point it received’t be a significant leap forward of what’s already supplied.
In keeping with 9to5Google’s sources, Google is making ready to launch a brand new Chromecast with Google TV someday this yr. It received’t change the Chromecast HD launched in 2022 however moderately the unique model that debuted in the course of the peak of the pandemic. (After the launch of the HD, the unique grew to become known as the Chromecast with Google TV 4K.)
The upcoming Chromecast 4K is predicted to value $50, the identical as its predecessor from one other financial time, so it won’t have a bump up in RAM it desperately wants. The unique Chromecast 4K had 2GB of RAM and a paltry 8GB of storage. It might be good to see Google bump up each of these capabilities. On the very least, 9to5Google reviews the chance that Google will improve to a chip two generations forward of the one at the moment within the Chromecast 4K. That chip, the Amlogic S905X5, additionally offers AV1 help, which the unique Chromecast didn’t.
A brand new Chromecast with Google TV would stage up Google’s competitors towards Roku and Amazon’s streaming sticks. Whereas Roku stays platform agnostic and Amazon integrates its streaming providers, Google’s promoting level is Google TV’s built-in linear reside choices and seamless integration inside a Google-led family. It was once its voice-activated distant, however Amazon and Roku additionally provide its variations.
There isn’t a phrase but on when or the place we’ll see this new Chromecast dongle. Based mostly on the previous few years of Google occasions, it’s probably it’ll both be proven off at Google I/O subsequent month or later within the yr when the Pixel 9 launches.
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