11/22/2023 0 Comments Chromecast review![]() Chromecast with Google TV SpecsĪ quick peek under the hood reveals modest specs. After a few days in, I personally prefer to use the Chromecast volume controls over TV volume because when easier to balance. You can set HDMI CEC to allow the Chromecast remote to take over the functions of your TV from commandeering TV volume, accessing content source, switching off and on the TV at will using the IR blaster. Oh, there’s also a microphone orifice although that’s not a button in itself, we still thought we should mention it. The rest of the buttons are so few, we can name them all here: Back, Home, Google Assistant, Mute, Power, Source, YouTube, and Netflix. Google does away with unnecessary FastForward /Back /Play /Pause buttons in favor of the directional pad. ![]() The circular direction pad near the top blends nicely with the overall rounded shape of the remote. Thankfully, the rest of the buttons are situated on terra firma. ![]() A flatter back gives you better leverage to fiddle with side buttons. Roku does it better with this whole arrangement if you ask me. You see, the volume buttons are situated on the right side same as the Roku remote. The darned thing keeps sliding out of my grasp whenever I try to adjust the volume with my right hand. This design decision thrills me and annoys me in equal measure. The remote is flat on top as expected with a deeply curved back for better or worse. As a first from Chromecast, there’s no precedent to give a comparison. The new and improved Chromecast finally bowed to pressure and tossed in a remote control. That hasn’t stopped the colored variants from being snapped up the minute they surface in online shops. Not that the colors really matter much, seeing how the dongle will stay hidden behind your TV pretty much till the end of time. The dongle has a smooth matte finish and comes in three flavors white, blue, and pink with matching remote controls. The underbelly houses the reset button and an indicator LED. The pebble-shaped dongle has an HDMI cable permanently attached along with a USB C port for power draw via a power adapter that’s also provided. The latest Chromecast maintains a familial resemblance to those that came before. Google didn’t go too far out into the woods design-wise. This time around, it’s a necessity as we are going to find out. Older generation Chromecasts shipped with a power adapter but it was entirely up to you whether to use it or no. The Chromecast with Google TV dongle comes with a remote control, a USB-A power adapter, a USB-A to USB-C cable, and two AAA batteries. The new one does a thing or two differently. Previous Chromecasts were barebones to the point that once plugged into a TV, you’d more or less forget about it. It hasn’t escaped our attention how most reviewers are gushing about Chromecast with Google TV, but we would like to do our own bit of due diligence before we join the gush-fest. But the best thing about the Chromecast is the price - at a snip under £30, it is one of the cheapest ways to stream and comes with all the Google gloss you could want.Īpart from a few search niggles and the occasional confusion the app has when you leave video paused for a long amount of time, the new Chromecast is superb.Now that the latest Chromecast is here to take back its birthright and assume the throne, it’s only fitting we put it through rigorous tests to ensure it’s the real deal. The new design is fun but functional, the new app more responsive and, for the most part, a joy to use. Google has once again proved that it has the smarts to make streaming work. This is something that is only going to improve with updates. For the most part it worked well finding the things we wanted but there were the occasional lack of content when you know it is there. This can be done by voice or text but, surprisingly as this is Google, the search wasn't bulletproof. Google has also added universal search, which allows you to search for a song or a movie and it will come up and tell you the app you can find it on.
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