Brand Google
Connectivity Technology Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Connector Type HDMI
Special Feature Flat
Resolution 4k
Supported Internet Services Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant Video, Google TV, YouTube
Controller Type Remote Control, Voice enabled remote
Form Factor TV Stick
Color Snow
Model Name chromecast

Get fast streaming and enjoy a crystal clear picture up to 4K and brighter colors with HDR. **
Ask to search for specific shows, or by mood, genre, actress, and more. Talk to Google and say, “What should I watch?” And use the remote to control the volume switch inputs, play music, and get answers on-screen.
Get personal suggestions based on your subscriptions, viewing habits and content you own.
Because Chromecast breathes life into existing TVs and is designed with recycled materials, it helps keep waste out of landfills.
Create a kids profile to set up an area for your children to access a fun collection of family-friendly movies and shows. Pick from a selection of playful themes, and set parental controls to restrict what content can be seen, limit watching time, and set a bedtime.

Google TV makes its debut on Chromecast here,and despite that resulting in a mouthful of a name for its latest device, weunderstand why Google wishes to shout about its new interface. It’s compatiblewith over 6500 of the apps built for Android TV and, at launch, will recommendcontent on the home page from over 30 streaming services. These depend on yourlocation and subscriptions, but include Netflix,Amazon Prime Video,Disney+,, YouTube andmore. As a user, it’s a refreshing change to see a genuinely useful contentdiscovery tool, rather than a shop front to sell you content.

When you track down a film or TV show that youhave rights to watch on multiple services, Google TV gives you the choice ofservice and will even default to the cheapest or free option where possible,rather than trying to sell you the version from Google’s own catalogue.

Available films and TV programmes areorganised into helpful rows of suggestions, including quite a few categorieswe’ve never seen on other services, such as Neo-noir, Futuristic Shows, Filmsabout Robots and Space exploration movies. You can refine the AI by telling itwhat you’ve already seen but, even from the off, it has a pretty decent handleon our tastes.

The new remote control is tactile and wellthought out. You can teach it to control the power and volume on your TV anduse it as the microphone for the Google Assistant voice searches on Google TV.As expected, the voice recognition is near flawless and a decent way of gettingto what you want and quickly. As well as requesting specific TV shows, musicand movies, you can make more general requests such as ‘Show me films abouttime travel’ or similar.

In fact, for usability and recommendations,Chromecast with Google TV is the best media streamer on the market. There aretwo caveats, though – the platform is a bit buggy and there are times duringtesting whenDolby VisionandDolby Atmoscontent doesn’t seem to be available on apps such asNetflix and Prime Video when it should be. We find closing the app andrebooting it up usually does the trick but that shouldn’t be necessary and,hopefully, this will be solved by any future firmware updates.

The second consideration is that, like mostmedia streamers, it doesn’t quite cover all the best video services. Generally,that’s not too much of a problem because Google’s casting function means youcan stream by using the relevant app on your phone, tablet or laptop browser.So, for example, although there is no All 4 app on the Chromecast with GoogleTV stick, you can use the All 4 app on your mobile and cast it from thereinstead.

The only significant place that this fallsdown is with Apple’s services. TheAppleMusicandAppleTVapps are bothmissing from the Chromecast and you can’t cast them from other devices. That’sa loss considering the huge amount of 4K HDR material on Apple TV and there’sno way around it, unless your TV already has an Apple TV app built into itssmart platform.