Customer Ratings & Reviews

This baby has been great for the spare room tv. This has turned an old tv into a great Google TV, which caused me to purchase a new TCL google tv series 6 (see other review). Once you do the initial setup, the dongle will login to your services if they have saved passwords in your android phone. If you don't it's not the worst interface to type in passwords either. Keep in mind this is a lower end device, I also own an Apple TV so I can tell the difference in speed, but this little box can hold it's own. the way it culls suggestions from your different services and puts it on the main screen is fantastic, I hope Google make a higher end google TV box.

The new Chromecast is wonderful. It includes a remote control , it makes everything easier to use in living room which the previous version could not. The Chromecast is better to carry on for my vacation. I can see Netflix and YouTube everywhere.

This unit delivers the goods with Google TV. No issues with how many services it can connect to. And, it's quite fast and responsive. It would be a lot better, though, if the remote was bigger with buttons that say more - the icons are quite confusing, for example, the Power button is NOT for the Chromecast itself but for the TV. Also, when you first switch to the Chromecast input on the TV, the TV screen is blank, and it is unsure which button you need to press to wake up the Chromecast. I finally figured out I can just press the indented circle at the top. All of this could be helped with better instructions, but it comes only with a tiny booklet of how to connect it - and this booklet does not tell you the craziness you have to go through on-screen to get it fully configured and connected, including how you have to plug it into an actual wall power source rather than your TV's USB power - fortunately, I have an IT background so I could figure out what it wanted, but I pity the poor grandmothers of the world who try to install this on their own... Even so, once it is configured and connected, and once you figure out how to wake it up, it works like a charm...

Much awaited improvement to the original Chromecast. The addition of Google TV and the remote is a game changer that makes the device so much easier to use. Seeing all your shows and watchlist items in a single view makes choosing what to watch so much easier.

A truly great streaming device which update have the potential to make even better. I've used this with a USB-C hub and connected a USB gamepad and ethernet for playing Asphalt 8, and I can connect bluetooth headphones in the settings and watch a program without disturbing others. I'm not a fan of the way it advertises services to which you don't subscribe, so I've mostly been running this new Chromecast in "app-only" mode so that it lets me just jump to the service I want to use. It's unfortunate that as of yet, it doesn't work with multiple Google accounts but it seems like that may be in the works. The handheld remote is very nice, although the TV input button doesn't work with my LG TV so I still need to keep my TV remote close by to switch to HDMI. You can also download Google's Android TV remote app if the Chromecast remote is out of reach and you have a pet on your lap and don't want to get up.

I've used a Chromecasts in the past, and they weren't very good, lots of buffering or connection issues. The addition of Google TV, makes the Chromecast great. The interface is fantastic, and the remote can control your TV.

I have a Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire. Adding the Google Chromecast with remote completes my streaming device library. I can honestly say I'm a fan of the user interface here over all the others. I also like how I can scan forward or backward and see a screenshot preview of where I'm at while I scan forward or backward. The only two critiques I would have is that I would really like to have the option to plug an Ethernet cable in as although I have great Internet, my WiFi signal on the TV where I installed this isn't the best of course high speed Internet access is paramount with a streaming device. My only other critique is that on Hulu the video and audio are slightly off which means you see lips move and hear audio slightly offset. This doesn't happen on ANY other apps other than Hulu and I can live with it. No issues on Vudu, NetFlix, Prime, Disney Plus, or YouTube TV.

I love the app suite and voice activation on the remote. We installed this on a 15 year LCD TV and it works flawlessly.

This works pretty well, it's fast and plays back effectively every service out there. The remote is good and connects to a variety of devices. This is IMO the best media player out there.

Having the ability to cast content and also watch content in apps is amazing. This chromecast is fantastic and is a great value when comparing it to its competitors. The UI is relatively snappy and easy to use. The remote is also great and looks nice as well.

It’s a Big difference when you have access to a remote control. Although the remote looks and feel cheap. it lacks on sound quality, you have to keep on adjusting the volume every time the video plays an explosion or any other high volume sounds. It’s very easy to install and to use it’s features. If it wasn’t for the sound quality then it’ll had a 5 stars.

I Love this Chrome-cast! It was very easy to set up use the streaming feature! I use it more than my cable box! Easy to stream from my phone and I-Pad. I can stream and still use my phone! Bertolucci S.

We recently cord-cut from satellite TV. One of my systems is using Nvidia Shield Android TV for a while now but for the other TV we got the Chromecast with Google TV. We are very happy with this device. It has a great price and works wonderfully. It is extremely fast compared to the Roku TV it is plugged into. Picture quality is top notch and so is the sound. The search function (voice or keyboard) which searches across many of the services we are subscribed to is very useful. We no longer care which service has what content, we are just asking to watch it and leave it to Google to show it.

ChromeCast super easy to install, practical installs itself! The remote offers all functions plus voice command making it easy to navigate the programming. Chromecast turned old TV into a smart TV!

Easy to install and set up with a solid remote. This is perfect for older non smart tv's and better than a lot of the built in smart tv interfaces out there.

This amazing device exceeded my expectations! It just plug and play, the interface is very friendly and you can install 3rd part apps just following some steps. Besides that, it looks amazing and the remote control is outstanding!

All I wanted was to stream music and see what song is playing on the TV and it does that well. I don't like all the pushing of tv shows and movies on the home screen. You can change a setting so you only see the apps you have installed (Pandora and iHeartReadio for me) but you can't remove the big "ad" at the top of the home screen.

Got the Chromecast for myself. it is so easy to simply plug the Chromecast into the TV's HDMI socket, connect to AC power, and stream anything you want. It is basically just a device to display (cast) your mobile apps to a monitor; as long as you can update the apps on your phone, the Chromecast will never go "out-of-date". Apps (like Netflix, YouTube) must be downloaded on your mobile device (or Google Chrome downloaded on PC/OS) and can be instantaneously cast to your TV if your mobile device and Chromecast are on the same WiFi network. Casting functions (play, pause, volume, etc.) can be used across multiple mobile devices simultaneously, meaning each of your mobile devices act as universal remote (as long as they are all on the same WiFi network). The Chromecast changed my whole world for media. It operates so smoothly with Android and I could not be happier.

This is a great value for streaming. The remote will even control all the other smart devices in my home. I love it.

I've used many other streaming devices and none of them was perfect. I was hoping the new chromecast with google tv (terrible name by the way) would solve all of the issues I've had with other boxes, but it's not quite there yet. On paper the googletv sounds great. 4k 60fps Dolby Vision w/ Atmos? Fantastic. Unfortunately there are plenty of bugs that prevents this from being the perfect streaming device, and frankly the main bug is almost a deal breaker. See that 4k 60fps? Yeah you can't actually get that in any app other than youtube. Why? Because the highest the googletv will allow you to set your display is at 4k 30fps. That's just the highest setting for some reason. And unfortunately when set this as your resolution it locks the frame rate to 30fps. Even if you're watching sports streaming at 60fps, or a youtube video, or a twitch stream - it doesn't matter. The google tv locks you to that 30fps for some reason. The workaround, such as it is, involves you setting your resolution to 1080p @60fps. This will correctly display everything at the correct framerate. 24p content plays at 24p, 30 fps at 30, 50 at 50, and 60 at 60. The youtube app will, funnily enough, correctly display 4k at 60fps while set to 1080. I'm assuming this has something to do with the way youtube handles resolution since there are so many on the platform. But all of the other apps are limited to 1080p unless you change it back. So what does all this mean? If you're big into sports/esports or plan on streaming games through steam link or other means, you will have to choose between high resolution (4k) or high framerate (60fps). Outside of youtube you can't have both. To make matters worse it's not enough to just change your settings either. Let's say you're on 1080p so you can get the high frame rate. Then you want to watch a 4k movie on netflix, so you change the settings to 4k 30. When you go back to netflix it will still only stream at 1080p. You have to manually restart the google tv in order for the new resolution to take effect. And when you want your high framerate back? Same thing. Requires a restart. This is completely ridiculous and google needs to fix it fast. Aside from the framerate issues there are other problems as well. CEC is often broken and there's no rhyme or reason to it. CEC is what allows you to control all of your connected AV devices with a single remote. It's great when it works, but for whatever reason when I power off my home theater my tv stays on. This wasn't the case for the first two days of using my google tv. It shut everything down correctly when I hit the power button, but not anymore. For two days now I have to reach for the TV remote to manually shut it off because CEC decided it needed a break. This is another very annoying bug, mostly because I hate remote clutter, and the promise of using a single remote to control all of my devices without dropping a ton of money on a harmony hub or something similar seemed like a no brainer. But CEC is just a mess right now. Not entirely google's fault as CEC hasn't ever been perfect due to the ever changing HDMI standards. Still, you should know. Other cons? There are apps missing you might not expect. There's no AT&T TV app natively supported for android tv devices, though you can sideload one if you know what you're about. Still annoying. Same with other networks. Annoying. So what's good about it? Everything else as it turns out. The google tv switches very quickly between different dynamic ranges - whether SDR, HDR 10, or DV the switch is practically instantaneous. This is a huge problem on other streaming devices, but simply not an issue here. Streams at 1080p and above look outstanding, particularly 4k DV content, and the google tv also supports a wide range of audio formats, including ATMOS. Can confirm that 4k DV w/ ATMOS is working flawlessly on this device. That's a big win. Unfortunately many apps don't yet support DV or ATMOS outside of netflix. Even when these same apps (Disney+) support Dolby Vision and ATMOS on other platforms (ATV, Roku) they won't necessarily here. It's strange. So in conclusion? The chromecast with google tv (seriously GOOGS just call it google tv instead of this clunky name) has a lot of promise, but a lot of those promises remain unfulfilled. No framerate switching makes watching content the "correct" way a chore, a limited app library might mean you miss some programming that you're paying for, and CEC control is all over the shop. The google tv does allow sideloading of apps which is a nice bonus if you have the know-how and/or are comfortable following online tutorials. I do love the level of control you have over the device, it's infinitely customizable, right down to the default launcher. Still these shortcomings would make this one tough to recommend to someone with a diverse media diet looking for a simple plug and play device. If you watch content at different framerates (sports/esports/youtube) and care about them displaying correctly, you should pass. if you only really watch tv/movies? This is probably ok. As a 1080p streamer this is easily the best solution out there, as long as it has all of the apps you want. But for all-around use? I want to love the google tv, but I don't. Not yet. Hopefully the platform matures a bit in the coming months