Before September 30th, a 4K-enabled Chromecast would give you a minimum of $ 69 back, and you had to use your phone as a remote control and jump in your launcher to the app you needed to watch the show you wanted. The day the Google Chromecast with Google TV was announced, I ordered it so I could put it through its paces. Before I go into detail about the setup process and how to use the device, I want to mention that there is no compelling reason to switch if you already have a 4K enabled Android TV set top box with a Google Assistant enabled remote control Given the limitations of launching this Chromecast (as I’ll explain later). However, if it’s your first time upgrading an old “dumb” TV, Google’s new dongle is worth considering.
The Google Chromecast with Google TV comes with a special remote control!
Set up Google Chromecast with Google TV
The setup process is pretty straightforward, if a little time consuming. You need to have your phone with the Google Home app installed to make setup as easy as possible. The setup process is as follows (device in brackets):
- Pair the remote control by pressing and holding the (TV) button.
- Connect the Google Home app to Chromecast by scanning the QR code (Home app on the phone).
- Connect to WiFi (Home App on the phone)
- Sign in with a Google account (Home app on the phone)
- Select Google Services (Home app on the phone)
- Set up the Google Assistant (Home app on the phone)
- Choose your apps (Home app on the phone)
- Select Ambient Mode Photo Sources (Home app on the phone)
- Set the volume and power switches on the remote control (TV).
- Log into your third-party services (both TV and phone – some examples: Netflix seems to be the most troublesome. Disney + can automatically log in with Google Smart Lock if you’ve already enabled it on your phone. CBS All Access can log in.If you have the app open on your phone, Amazon Prime Video and ESPN must automatically enter codes on the activation pages in the browser.
- (Optional) Go back to set up the input toggle button on the remote by using the remote to switch to settings on the TV
Use Google Chromecast with Google TV
Thanks to Google TV’s dedicated remote control and on-screen UI, Google’s new Chromecast can finally compete with the streaming stick giants of Roku and Amazon, surpassing them with its traditional phone mirroring capabilities. To clear up any potential confusion, Google TV has been renamed and the Play Movies and TV app has been expanded to include a large screen user interface over the Android TV platform. With 8 GB of local storage and 2 GB of RAM, it corresponds to the entry-level NVIDIA Shield TV (although the latter offers a MicroSD storage expansion).
Speaking of specifications: The processor is a 1.9 GHz quad-core Amlogic S905X3 and transmits content with a resolution of up to 4K with HDR via an HDMI 2.0 connection. The device is supplied with power via the USB-C connection and supports an Ethernet connection via a separately available Ethernet power supply unit. Oddly enough, there is no support for Google Stadia at launch, but according to Stadia’s Twitter account, it is expected to be in early 2021.
The Google TV UI primarily enhances the Android TV UI by consolidating content from your Google Play library and various supported subscriptions like Disney +, Netflix, Hulu, Sling TV, Amazon Prime Video, etc. The UI that you see depends on it whether you subscribe to YouTube TV using the same Google account that you used to set up your Chromecast. When this happens, you will see the following tabs: Search, For You, Live, Movies, Shows, Apps, and Library. Otherwise everything but the Live tab will be shown. Below is a gallery of screenshots that describe what is shown on each tab.
First up, the Search tab, where you can browse some sample searches if you don’t want to just hold down the Google Assistant button on your remote and type in the search terms.
Under “Let’s find something to look at,” you can find some examples of popular searches, such as: B. “Nature TV Shows”.
If you select “Nature TV Shows” using the remote buttons, you will see the following.
To test the Google Assistant functionality on my Chromecast remote, I held down the Google Assistant button and said, “John Grisham Movies.”
The Google Assistant search results for “John Grisham Movies” were mostly accurate, collecting results from Google Play and all of the supported apps I had installed on my Chromecast, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, and HBO Max.
After the “Search” tab, the “For You” tab will display a carousel with the top 5 recommendations that Google has for you. This is the signature feature of Google TV that aggregates content from Google Play and your installed apps so you can see a user interface that focuses on content rather than apps.
Scrolling down the For You tab will take you to more top recommendations, your app list, and more as you keep scrolling down.
In the For You tab, if you have an active YouTube TV subscription to your Chromecast’s primary Google Account, you’ll see a Live tab that shows some of the top recommendations followed by a grid for TV listings .
When you navigate to a specific entry with your remote, you will see a brief description of the highlighted episode, which is reportedly not included in the standard Android TV interface for YouTube TV entries.
If you follow the “For You” tab (if you don’t have a YouTube TV subscription on your device’s primary Google Account) or the “Live” tab (if you have one), you will see the “Movies” tab with a line with the best Recommendations, followed by a line for popular movies, then new movies, and so on.
The Films tab is followed by a Shows tab with the same layout.
The Shows tab is followed by the Apps tab, which starts with the apps you use most, followed by a number of your installed apps, and then sorted by app categories. In particular, there is no “Play Store” button like the standard Android TV user interface.
In the row for installed apps there is a button that allows you to see all installed apps on one screen.
When you navigate to and select an app category, you’ll see a list of the apps available in that category (in this case, Tools).
Under the Apps tab is the Library tab which isolates the movies and TV shows that you paid for individually.
When you navigate to the account icon, an area with Account Options, Settings, and Environment Mode will appear.
The setting field is rather self-explanatory.
The new Google Chromecast with Google TV is an absolute step up from previous Chromecasts, but a clear step up from leading 4K-capable Android TV set-top boxes. The biggest caveat is the lack of support for live TV services other than YouTube TV. For this review, I went through the setup process multiple times with different Google Accounts so I could subscribe to a free YouTube TV trial with one account to illustrate the differences in daily use. For example, as stated above, the Google TV UI will only have a Live tab if the Google account you used to set up the device has a YouTube TV subscription. If you have multiple Google accounts and used a different one to set up your Chromecast, you’ll need to add your secondary Google account with the YouTube TV subscription in Settings and go to the YouTube TV app in the app section to watch live TV to display. Fortunately, Google is likely to support other live TV service providers in the future.
I had a few minor issues with the remote in my two weeks, but other than that, it’s a stylish and knowledgeable proposition. The first problem I had was this: While I was holding down the Google Assistant button and saying “Play Iron Man,” I came across the movie I bought from Google Play Movies a few years ago, except for that The fact that the title was great was great on Google Play Movies, the max speed is 1080p rather than the 4K version that comes with my Disney + subscription. It shows that the results are for the most part accurate, but not always the best when there is more than one option. Two other minor issues: I wish the remote had a dedicated play / pause button and a dedicated 10 second jump button like the Roku remote. It’s a nice, stylish space saver to put all of these functions together in the circular D-pad, but the Roku remote still had those dedicated buttons in addition to the D-Pad.
Conclusion
It seems to me that Google was targeting the Roku Stick and the Amazon Fire TV Stick when they released this new Chromecast with Google TV. If they had targeted set-top boxes for Android TV, they would have got Stadia support at launch and support for more live TV service providers. If that’s the case I’d say Google knocked it out of the park (which is more than I can say about the Cubs lately, but that’s a different story). Google TV, despite its flaws and occasional latency, does what Roku and Amazon haven’t: Consolidate content from multiple services so that the TV shows and movies are the focus, not the apps. Plus, Chromecast continues to offer the unprecedented phone mirroring that has been around for seven years. The $ 49 price tag offers support for 4K content at a cost of $ 20 less than the Chromecast Ultra, and keeps the Google Chromecast with Google TV competing with other 4K streaming sticks.
- Google updated the Chromecast with a full-fledged Android-based operating system called Google TV. They also gave it a remote control so the $ 49 dongle is your one-stop shop for live TV streaming.
Photos by Adam Conway
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