May 4, 2025 at 4:30 a.m. PT Maria Diaz/ZDNET Older Google TV and Chromecast devices are finally getting the Home Panel feature, allowing you to control your smart home devices from your TV.

While the Google TV Streamer is a major upgrade to the Chromecast — and may finally even rival the pricier Apple TV 4K — it’s a shame Google is getting rid of its dongle. With a price of ...

The Chromecast with Google TV got its Android 14 update earlier this year as promised, but Google quietly pulled that update from production and, three months later, we’re still waiting on it.

Nearly five years after its debut, Google is discontinuing the Chromecast with Google TV. Launched in 2020, it was the first Chromecast to offer a remote-controlled UI.

The Google TV Streamer is a $100 replacement for the Chromecast. While significantly more expensive than its predecessor, it somewhat justifies its price tag with a bevy of additional capabilities.

And that's mostly true of the new Google TV Streamer, which looks more like a router than it does a successor to the venerable Chromecast dongle. But we did get the briefest glimpse of the rear of ...

The new Google TV Streamer has massively improved hardware and features compared to the aging Chromecast, so it’s not too surprising to learn it costs more, though its $99.99 price tag is a ...

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However, Google’s pivot makes me think Apple has simply been playing the long game with the Apple TV. Ever since 2013 when the Chromecast first launched, there’s been a lot of pressure on ...

Despite Google having discontinued its Chromecast streaming devices after a long, successful run of over a decade, they're ...

Meanwhile, Chromecast with Google TV 4K only has 8GB of storage, 2GB of memory, and no Ethernet port. With this massive upgrade in hardware, the TV Streamer is able to perform better than the ...

The Chromecast with Google TV is still supported, however,r we are unsure for how long. Google announced the new Chromecast with Google TV (HD) on September 22, 2022.