9to5Google can now report that what replaces the Chromecast with Google TV 4K is the “Google TV Streamer.”
Bad name
I agree. I feel like today’s usage of the word “streamer” applies to a person, not an object.
Google TV Streamer Chat incoming
i had a ‘google tv’ back in 2011 - made by Sony who partnered with google - it was like an amped up bluray player/streaming box in one. it had a great sony blu-ray optical drive, could stream what services were available at the time and had the best remote control I’ve ever seen… i loved it. Unfortunately google’s planned obsolescence destroys products. you guys left it useless just 2 years after i purchased it new.
Just today spent way over an hour setting up a Chromecast with Google TV at father in laws today. Factory reset that thing four times. Used every wifi connection I could find and finally got it working by hot-spotting my own phone and setting it up.
Not buying more Google. It’s just hot garbage at this point.
I forget the term, but networks where it’s a single network for multiple people with different passwords to determine what peers you can see/access cause problems with Google home stuff. My current apartment has that, I tried to use that for my smart home stuff but ultimately had to put it back on my secondary wi-fi network on my router
Happy with our Nvidia Shield TV Pro on the main TV and Onn 4K Pro on the secondary TVs.
In both cases with the superb Projectivity Launcher, so we don’t need to see the default Google front end and any promoted content.
It’s perfect.
Oh nice, I’ll look into that launcher. Been using Wolf for a bit, but it’s too barebones for my liking.
