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Along with a long - expect update to theNest Learning Thermostat , Google on Tuesday uncover its late set - top cyclosis box ahead of the company’sMade by Google 2024 result next week . Google television Streamer’sarrivalmarks the end of the Chromecast line . With more than 100 million sell over an 11 - year life , it was a salutary foot race .
Along with a young , more aboveboard name , the line is getting extra functionality warranting a redesign . Whereas the Chromecast plug away straight into the back of a TV via HDMI , Google TV Streamer is larger , designed to sit on top of an amusement cabinet below the set .
The $ 100 gadget look-alike as a smart home base hub , as part of Google ’s bid to revive excitement around the Nest line . The fresh functionality allows users to more directly control both Google Home and affair - enable accessories . you could think of it as a gravid - screen Nest Display or Pixel Tablet .
The additional functionality requires an additional radio , which , in turning , requires a larger pattern . assay to pack all of that into a dongle on the back of a set would likely be a recipe for catastrophe .
Along with Matter reinforcement , the organisation have a build - in Thread border router for improved connectivity with home base devices . The improver of a Google Home jury to the UI makes it potential to control Nest television camera remotely and adjust the temperature , along with various other Matter - enable overbold home gimmick function .
As with the new Thermostat , Gemini is the self-aggrandising gadget driver here . Unlike Pixel and Android , the Home argument is n’t making the saltation from Assistant , however . Rather , the modeling built in - theater will be used to power this latest version . Along with conversational capability , Gemini will be used to curate the television experience .
“ To make it easier to find what to look out , Google TV Streamer use Google AI and your predilection to curate message suggestions across all of your subscriptions , organized conveniently in one place,”Google says in a post . “ you could even build watchlists with passport for every phallus of your home base . ”
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Gemini will also be used to summarize review and even time of year of TV ; in that sense , it will fill a role similar to the one it has been playing in Search over the past yr . Like Chromecast , the organisation support 4 K playback . within , the company has upgraded the central processing unit and break up memory to 32 GB for degenerate execution .
The system includes a devoted remote with devoted buttons for Netflix and the Google Home panel . There ’s also a button build directly into the TV Streamer that will commit out a gong from the remote when it unavoidably gets suffer .
Google TV Streamer is up forpreorderstarting Tuesday , but wo n’t in reality ship until September 24 .
