And screen mirroring from Android phones (or the Chrome browser on PCs) seems like it has less latency than before. Whether it’s music or video, playback begins almost instantly. But that’s difficult to test or even perceive on a device that most often is just pulling up content requested by your smartphone and lacks any menus to scroll through. Google says the new Chromecast is 15 percent faster than the second-gen device. By the end of the year, you’ll be able to add the Chromecast to multiroom audio setups to play music through the soundbar or speakers hooked up to your TV. The redesigned and now easier-to-use Google Home app on Android and iOS is where you’ll go to adjust the Chromecast’s settings, and it also highlights trending content from apps on your phone that support Casting. The Cast button is everywhere the major exception is Amazon Video, which continues to completely ignore Chromecast all these years later.
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That’s true enough, and the device’s Guest Mode allows for a convenient, communal sharing of the TV when other people in your living room want to show everyone a YouTube video or play a song from their own Spotify app. Google is still running with the notion that all the apps you need are already on your phone. There are no built-in apps or any kind of menu system to speak of. When not streaming videos or music, you can have it cycle through your favorite Google Photos albums or a pleasant mix of images curated by Google. Photo by Chris Welch / The VergeĪfter it’s been set up, the Chromecast continues to offer a very minimal on-screen interface.
One last thing: there’s no longer a magnetic attachment between the puck and HDMI cord. The design is nicer and an improvement, even if these things matter little for a product that’s forever hidden away behind your television screen. There’s still a Micro USB port for supplying power to the device. Google designer Katie Morgenroth says it looks “like a little macaron.” To me, the 2018 Chromecast looks like an oversized piece of Mentos.īuy for $35.00 from B&H Photo Buy for $35.00 from Best Buy Buy for $30.00 from GoogleĮither way, I prefer it over the glossy, scratches-if-you-look-at-it-the-wrong-way style of the second-gen hardware. It trades the Chrome logo of older models for the same Google “G” stamp found across the Made by Google lineup of Pixel phones, Home speakers, and Chrome OS devices.
The new Chromecast is still a round dongle that hangs down when plugged into your TV’s HDMI port. There are very slight improvements, but whereas the Pixel 3 is a showcase of how far Google’s hardware efforts have come, the third-generation Chromecast feels a bit stuck in place. And it’s still a streaming gadget that is completely dependent on other devices - such as your smartphone - for telling it what content to play. The best it can do for video quality is still 1080p. And it’s not hard to understand why: the latest Chromecast is very, very similar to the prior model. Google didn’t say a word about its newly refreshed Chromecast onstage in New York last week.
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