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

Chromecast is lifeless. Lengthy reside Google TV Streamer. After information broke just a few weeks in the past {that a} new system was on its method, at the moment 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 nicely, with fashion, 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 “big 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 well join by way of Wi-Fi, nevertheless it additionally consists of an ethernet port for sooner connection.

The dongle is gone. Google TV Streamer is designed to sit down flat in entrance of (or beneath) your TV, with a low profile and glossy design crafted to combine into a contemporary, brilliant house. It comes with a brand new distant as nicely, designed to be comfy with a textured grip and a extra practical format inside its small measurement. 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 offered for pre-order at the moment 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 whole lot of power behind its AI device 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 providers use. Gemini may also permit summaries, breakdowns, and evaluations 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 most likely want that for Stranger Issues). Google appears to be like 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 Residence, permitting you to manage units from the comfort of your TV. It syncs together with your Google Residence app and connects with any suitable audio system, doorbells, lights, and different devices round your own home.

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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 artistic endeavors to show in your TV when it is not used for its main perform. Google additionally says you possibly can 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 exhibits could possibly be enjoyable.

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

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