Google TV Streamer (4K) - Porcelain

The Google TV streamer is a great system and probably the best TV streamer. I don't think $100 is exactly worth it, though. My item arrived in a damaged box, and the opening was completely ripped apart. The device itself isn't damaged and doesn't seem to have issues, but this is bad service from Best Buy. You shouldn't send damaged/open box items as "new purchase" so the streamer is 4/5 and service 2/5

I guess say good bye to google chromecast and say hello to google tv streaming 4k, makes me laugh that google could never stick to one thing they either kill a product and creating something that’s technically the same product they got rid of. but google new tv streaming 4k I think they are finally on the right direction here, it new google design shows so much simplicity from the box to the main product itself. -DESIGN- again the moment I saw the box I was impressed how simple it looks. how light the box feels, and honestly there’s not much going inside either, the main google streaming 4k device is shaped like a bar of soap or a giant pill which ever comes to your mind first. and the remote remind me of an apple tv remote, but again it shape like a pill. the remote is very limited selection of button, only the buttons that matters you have the netflix and youtube dedicated button , home button, volume , mic, mute, power button, shortcut button and directional pad on top, with home button with it’s dedicated color, the box comes with 2 AAA batteries, would been nice the remote is charger as well. -FEATURES- when it comes to features this streaming box is equipped with built in internet port to guarantee a more consistent connection. it supports Dolby Atmos/ Vision. google claim this has 22% more faster processor, while testing browsing around the home screen moving around switching from different apps the speed is consistent. with a 32GB this is more than enough for all the app you use daily. you also have the ability to control google right from your tv. and yes you’ll still able to cast from your phone with google streaming 4k. -CONCLUSION- so far been enjoy this new google streaming 4k, I love the OS it’s very responsive did not see any slow down all apps I needed is here and way more. but I do have couple issues i’ve noticed. the first thing the moment I opened the box is how smooth and slick the remote is, when I mean slick this remote have zero grip on the back I feel like I have to be careful holding the remote due to feeling a high chance ok slipping. this one slippery remote that and maybe order a 3rd party remote case for it. using google home inside the google streaming 4k has missing features all the device I connected like front door camera and rgb right, google chrome doesn’t seems to replicate what’s on the phone. the only one that showing on my tv is my front camera clicking doesn’t show any image at all. rgb light settings that should have been on the list., google claim it support google photos well there’s nowhere to use google photo with this. I tried to search the appl through google streaming 4k and it shows up but I get a message that it’s currently not supported, so maybe later? overall it has there’s definitely some missing features. overall I think this device looks great the design looks elegant and I great piece to display. it’s fast and responsive, i’ll be waiting for the google app support to come out so we will see. I still recommend the device just the fact what it can do and not that expensive as well.

I have used streaming devices from Amazon, Roku, Apple, and Google. I have found that the google and apple ones seem to work the best for my needs. We have started to change our devices to google tv as they function with our other google home devices. This streaming device was pretty simple to setup if you use google home to do so. You can also manually setup the device, but I just did it through the google home app and it made the process very easy and pretty much logged me into most of my apps. I like the fact you can have multiple users on one device. This would be helpful if I had children or teens, but for us two adults we tend to just use one profile but have the second one setup just in case. I had this connected to my TV via HDMI through the TV that is connected to a sound bar. Sound quality is very good, and I thought it sounded a little better than the built in streaming device built into the tv. I next tried it on our projector, but for this setup the soundbar needs to be connected via Bluetooth. Connecting to my soundbar was no problem, the sound was perfectly synced with the video, and I didn't notice any degradation of sound quality. This was a huge plus as the soundbar is far away from the projector and I didn't want to move the soundbar to a new spot. Video quality is also fantastic. I had this first connected to a 4k 120hz Sony Bravia TV (has built in google tv as well) and the video quality looked perfect and had no issues. Next it was connected to our projector that is only 1080p and the video was just as good as the 4K Apple TV we had connected to it before. Again, no issues and we are super happy with the video quality of the google TV device. Aside from the excellent video and audio quality we love the built in google features. I like the fact I can turn on or off our lights and other devices along with view our cameras. Since I already have google home setup there was nothing else that needed to be done, and I could view the cameras with ease on my projector. This is nice as our projector is in the basement and we do not have a google hub down there and this allows us to utilize the google home features that we love. The device itself is pretty small and has an HDMI port, ethernet port, and a USB power point. There is also a button to help find the remote if you misplace it. I sorta wish they had a second USB port so you could connect a thumb drive or hard drive to play videos/photos directly from it. Not the end of the world since you can connect your phone to it anyways to display videos or photos to it. I like the remote and it's easy to use and navigate with. During the setup of the google streamer it helped me configure the remote to use with my TV or soundbar. The remote will also turn on or off the TV, so you can put away the other remotes you have and just use this one. If I had one complaint is the color. White gets dirty quickly and I really wish it was black instead, that's just me being picky as I cannot find any real faults with this system. I really like this streaming device and so happy to have it setup for our basement projector. The operating system is super easy to use and I believe anyone could use this once its setup. This would be perfect for someone who is not over technical as everything is easy to use and apps load up quickly.