Google is completed making Chromecasts. In a publish on Tuesday, Google says it’s “ending manufacturing of Chromecast” after over a decade of promoting the streaming dongles.
Regardless that Chromecast gadgets will now be out there “whereas provides final,” Google says it can proceed to push software program and safety updates to its newer gadgets with out specifying which of them. The latest replace to the lineup was the Chromecast with Google TV launched in 2022.
However now, Google says “expertise has advanced dramatically” for the reason that launch of the unique Chromecast in 2013. “We invested closely in embedding Google Solid expertise into hundreds of thousands of TV gadgets, together with Android TV,” Google writes. “We’re taking the following step in evolving how streaming TV gadgets can add much more capabilities to your sensible TV, constructed on high of the identical Chromecast expertise.”
Rather than the Chromecast, the corporate will provide the newly introduced $99.99 Google TV Streamer, which launches on September twenty fourth. The set-top field comes with some important spec bumps over the Chromecast with Google TV, comparable to a processor that’s 22 p.c sooner, together with Thread and Matter integration.
Whereas the Google TV Streamer is a serious improve to the Chromecast — and will lastly even rival the pricier Apple TV 4K — it’s a disgrace Google is eliminating its dongle. With a value of simply $29.99, the Chromecast with Google TV affords entry-level entry to an all-in-one streaming hub.
