In the end, Google declares new Google TV Streamer and says goodbye to Chromecast

Chromecast is lifeless. Lengthy dwell Google TV Streamer. After information broke a number of weeks in the past {that a} new system was on its manner, at this time Google formally introduced the introduction of the Google TV Streamer, supplanting Chromecast. It’s designed not simply to supply convenient entertainment , however smart home management as effectively, with model, performance, and flexibility all on the forefront.

Google TV Streamer costs, availability, and specs

New system coming quickly

Google boasts its new streaming stick is a “large leap” ahead, with higher efficiency and energy, together with twice as a lot reminiscence, and 4 instances the storage because the earlier Chromecast. The system will permit for 4K HDR, Dolby Imaginative and prescient, and Dolby Atmos. It may possibly join by way of Wi-Fi, however it additionally consists of an ethernet port for quicker connection.

The dongle is gone. Google TV Streamer is designed to take a seat flat in entrance of (or beneath) your TV, with a low profile and glossy design crafted to combine into a contemporary, vivid house. It comes with a brand new distant as effectively, designed to be snug with a textured grip and a extra useful format inside its small dimension. It additionally encompasses a customizable button in addition to voice seek for discovering content material. The system and distant can be found in two colours: porcelain and hazel.

Google TV streamer is accessible for pre-order at this time forward of its September 24 launch. It retails for $100.

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Google TV Streamer options

AI integration and Google house

Google is placing a variety of power behind its AI instrument Gemini, and it is going to be all over the place with Google TV Streamer. This consists of curated content material throughout all of your numerous subscriptions that may hopefully be higher in tune than the algorithms most companies use. Gemini may even permit summaries, breakdowns, and critiques of content material that may presumably make it simpler to not simply discover out what you wish to watch, however get caught up on what you already watched earlier than beginning a brand new season (I’ll in all probability want that for Stranger Issues). Google seems to have divided this content material into three classes inside titles, dubbed ‘What it is about,’ ‘What persons are saying,’ and ‘What to know.’

Notably, the Streamer will combine with Google Dwelling, permitting you to manage units from the comfort of your TV. It syncs along with your Google Dwelling app and connects with any suitable audio system, doorbells, lights, and different devices round your house.

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Ambient mode and AI screensavers spherical out the brand new options checklist

The brand new system additionally consists of an Ambient mode, becoming a member of the ranks of TVs and working techniques that permit photographs and artworks to show in your TV when it isn’t used for its main operate. Google additionally says you may create your personal screensaver utilizing generative AI, which I am not fairly positive how I really feel about but, though placing my canine on my favourite TV reveals might be enjoyable.

In all, it sounds fairly thrilling for followers of Google TV. With help for the newest codecs, AI integration that may hopefully make it way more handy to kind and discover content material, and a contemporary distant, I am advantageous saying goodbye to Chromecast, even when “Google TV Streamer” is a little bit of a mouthful.

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