After 11 years and over 100 million units offered, we’re ending manufacturing of Chromecast, which is able to now solely be accessible whereas provides final. The time has now come to evolve the good TV streaming system class — primed for the brand new space of AI, leisure and good properties. With this, there are no modifications to our assist coverage for present Chromecast units, with continued software program and safety updates to the newest units.
Once we launched Chromecast, most TVs had few (if any) apps, streaming was unreliable and sophisticated and connecting your TV to your telephone, pill or laptop computer was clunky and exhausting. Chromecast was our reply to this downside, a easy and reasonably priced strategy to solid your favourite on-line content material proper in your TV display screen. It was as straightforward as plugging within the system and hitting play. Chromecast’s small dongle type issue made it straightforward to cover behind a TV, and the reasonably priced value made it accessible to hundreds of thousands and the proper present for a lot of.
Since then, know-how has advanced dramatically. Streaming and good TVs abound. We invested closely in embedding Google Forged know-how into hundreds of thousands of TV units, together with Android TV. Android TV has expanded to 220 million units worldwide and we’re persevering with to deliver Google Forged to different TV units, like LG TVs. 1000’s of apps assist casting, making it simpler than ever to observe your content material out of your telephone and pill on the large display screen. So we’re taking the following step in evolving how streaming TV units can add much more capabilities to your good TV, constructed on high of the identical Chromecast know-how.
At the moment, we’re introducing Google TV Streamer, a extra premium system constructed for the brand new period of leisure and good dwelling wants. With Google TV Streamer, you cannot solely indulge your leisure wants, but additionally have a hub in your entire good dwelling.
Nonetheless, Google TV Streamer would not exist with out Chromecast paving the way in which. To honor the top of this period, here’s a journey down reminiscence lane of a few of Chromecast’s largest moments.
