Customer Ratings & Reviews

• Love the remote that comes with it therefore freeing up my phone • Faster and more clear than previous generations of casting

I believe I have owned every brand of digital media streamer or player. So far this is the best I've used. Fast, simple to setup and use - love the remote and it integrated well with our older TV.

Love the device love the store easy to setup great for easy streaming

This is a great streamer for the price, my only complaint is it has such little internal storage so don't plan on loading a ton of apps, just the essentials. If you need more space/app support get the Nvidia shield tv. If money is no object, get the apple tv instead as it's by far my favorite streamer because it always works and is always fast, and has other perks other streamers still don't have. Apps can get janky on android tv devices and especially cheap FireTV sticks which makes them frustrating to deal with, and they tend to run sluggish/choppy.

This has made our tv viewing so much easier! It’s fast, easy to use and the remote is a perfect fit for my hand. I still can’t tell if the plug has to be plugged in all the time. That wasn’t very clear.

I've been waiting to be able to replace my Roku for years, I always thought the rokus UI was behind and the Google UI here is exactly what I wanted. The remote is small and easy to pair with my TV and soundbar as well

This is a great buy to make a dumb TV smart. It's relatively inexpensive, ( vs buying a smart tv) and it does a lot. The voice comprehension is particularly good. It understands what is being asked quite nicely. It's able to tell you calendar events as well assuming you use Google calendar for appointments. What i struggled with a bit was initial password setup and user ids. In some cases you can use a QR code to do that on your mobile or computer. That's a much better option than the on screen keyboard which is painful to use.

The Chromecast has always been my favorite but now that it has a remote control it's become the leader when it comes to functions. It has a browser for one. And the price is another reason to consider the Chromecast.

Works great. Comes with Remote. Easy setup. Will recommend to buy.

This is the best interface for a smart tv and love the ease of use

This is a great add to any tv especially if it has HDMI but not a smart TV. I first added one to my basement tv for our treadmill and overall it has been really good to have. Perfect for streaming from Android phone to tv. Google TV is ok but would be nice to see a better layout especially for YouTube. That app gets confusing with the YouTube music app if you are not streaming from your phone. I actually have this plugged into the one HDMI port on an older 24" tv and I am able to Bluetooth pair the audio to my connected Samsung HW-T550 soundbar as there is no other input/output to get sound from the TV to another device. In a nutshell, the Chromecast sends the video to the tv and the audio to the soundbar and that is really helpful. The one flaw, and to me it is a major one is that you still need to have a wall connection plug for the device. not sure why they cant make it so the USB port on a tv can power it but for an item so small it just adds another ugly wire out the back of the tv.

Google Chromecast has always been a great entry level device for streaming and many have liked that you can just cast from the phone. But there are those, myself included, who prefer a physical remote so the Chromecast was never an ideal solution. Enter the new Google TV Chromecast. While the remote is small and cheap feeling it does exactly as one would expect it to. I was able to program it to my Sonos Playbar and control the volume and it was also able to turn my TV on and off using ARC. The setup process is done through the Google Home app on your phone or other device. The interface is very simplistic yet informative. While it's not as quick as the Nvidia Shields Android TV interface it's still rather fluid. I was able to find any application I wanted to use including HBO Max. The only issue I have with this device is that it's WiFi only. You can make it hard wired up to 100Mbps but only if you purchase a $20 AC Wall adapter from Google. The ethernet port should have been included in the box which is why I docked a star.

We love our Chromecast so much that this purchase was actually a present for someone else. Very easy to use. One suggestion, though. With its size and smoothness, you may want to purchase a non slip case for it. Highly recommend!

I love Chromecast! It's so easy to set up. The remote is easy to operate and intuitive.

Great product, everything you need to see with google chromecast, excellent picture quality! I might buy another one.

Throw away any other streaming device you have. The interface is great, easy to use and fast. Add in the fact that it streams in 4k and is updated frequently and you can't afford to pass on this. Definitely recommended.

We bought this to use instead of our Samsung Smart TV "Tizen" interface. Much faster and smoother than the Samsung UI and it makes it easier/faster to get to the shows we want to watch.

I have a tv with Roku built in and I opt to use my chromecast because I prefer the interface as well as having my google account attached. So if I’m away from the tv and come across something I want to watch later, I can add it to my google watchlist and it will be waiting for me on the Home Screen when I get home. The remote does enough and looks nice. (Roku remotes look like toys and I don’t like the loud clicky buttons) The Google tv app can be used as a remote for when you sit down and realize the remotes over on the other side of the room.

This is an upgrade after owning a previous version for years. The pairing with a 4K TV offers a beautiful picture. The installation of common media apps offers great convenience in addition to the remote.

I have tested basically every higher end streaming device including Nvidia Shield TV, Apple TV (2 most recent versions), Amazon FireTV Cube as well as Roku Premiere and even TiVo Stream 4K. I have found each to have positives as well as negatives (Apple TV Remote and $ for example). I recently purchased the GoogleTV with remote and I have to say given the price point and the fact that it is a first generation product that will likely only improve, I am very impressed with the user interface, remote layout, and app selection. Is it perfect? No, there are times that the screen takes a few extra seconds to load and the recommendations seem a little off but for the price point, in my experience it has the most positives going for it as a streaming device.