Google's new Chromecast device has leaked once again, giving us a detailed squinch at the TV dongle's hardware and user interface. The opening comes hind Redditor u/fuzztub07 was stalwart to buy the unannounced "Chromecast with Google TV" dongle early from a regional Walmart. They've back published a train of photographs of the included hardware and its manual, and a video of its user interface.
We once had a tangy inerrable memorizing of what to forestall from the device topper to a series of leaks that predestine emerged throughout the debouch of this year. At its corporeality it's an Android TV waking device (now rebranded to Google TV), which you can dominance with an included remote, but it moreover supports Chromecast streaming from conformant apps. The new photos and videos, combined with the here that u/fuzztub07 has been keenly responding to dozens of questions anyway the device, reconciliate lots of details anyway its functionality.
Here are the photographs taken by u/fuzztub07, which show the hardware from every angle, and include a couple shots of its manual. These lay out explicitly how the Chromecast with Google TV's trucked works, and show what's included in the box. The device itself is powered by USB-C, while its trucked takes two AAA batteries.
The Redditor moreover posted a video of themselves scrolling through the Chromecast with Google TV's interface, giving us an memorizing of how its cut-up is laid out, and what apps it should support. Apps listed include video services like Netflix, YouTube, Cutie Prime Video, Disney Plus, YouTube TV, Sling, Hulu, Peacock, and HBO Max, and music services like Spotify.
The interface moreover lists a couplet of gaming categories, including games that can be played with a remote, and over-and-above games that support a gamepad. Google's game waking service, Stadia, is reportedly not supported.
. .. Scrolling through the chromecast UI for those that were interested from. .. googlehome....
Finally, u/fuzztub07 has moreover been responding to multiplied questions anyway the device, which we've summarized below:
- Walmart sold them the device for $49.98, which is palatable to be its retail pricing.
- There's no Ethernet port on the device.
- It's 4K / HDR compatible.
- You can reportedly sideload APKs from unperceived sources.
- Although it's shaped like a wheel, the remote's navigation buttons personally go in four directions.
- The interface is branded as Google TV, but u/fuzztub07 reports that it appears to be based on Android 10.
- It supports multiple user accounts.
- You can pair Bluetooth headphones.
- The home awning lists profusion of cut-up to watch, including cut-up from apps you don't predestine installed. Selecting them prompts you to install the songful app.
- The dongle reportedly supports HDMI-CEC, permitting it to dominance the TV it's remarking into. There are no born IR blasters to dominance over-and-above devices.
The Chromecast with Google TV is expected to be unveiled next wingding on September 30th. Given Walmart once has it in stock for sale, its official releasing can't be far away.
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