Re:We’re ending production of Chromecast
by lbourdages on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @10:55AM
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Newer Chromecasts ship with a remote and do not require a phone. Multiple people can be logged in too.
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True, but at that point, what does the "Chrome" part of Chromecast mean? It made much more sense when the device was tied to a browser, and then (kinda) apps on a phone. Once they added a remote, I think the writing was on the wall for the name "Chromecast".
Google TV is a better "brand", IMO.
but the new brand is actually "Google TV Streamer" (3 words)
why didnt they just go for "Google TV" (2 words)
they also could have played a bit "Google TOP" (because its a table top device) , "Google S" (S for Streamer) , i think the 3 word "Google TV Streamer" , is function over form gone wrong
Re:We’re ending production of Chromecast
by ZeroCool2u on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @11:49AM
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There's an entire app called Google TV already. https://tv.google
Probably because they saw what happened with Apple TV (the device), Apple TV+ (the service) and TV (the app).
That's a whole headache I think Google is (wisely) trying to avoid here...
Re:We’re ending production of Chromecast
by extraduder_ire on Wednesday August 07, 2024 @01:30PM
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I think they've always had CEC remote control anyway. Was still a surprise the first time I backed out of a youtube video using the TV remote and saw what looked like the entire youtube app with search and everything.