Google Chromecast 3: New Chromecast launched

Google has launched a model new Google Chromecast.

Google Chromecast 3: New Chromecast released

We had been anticipating Google to announce the model new Chromecast at their October event and whereas this didn’t happen, the company as an alternative launched it on the Google Store similtaneously the event to little fanfare.

Obtainable immediately for £30 in white or black, the model new Chromecast brings the an identical simple-streaming magic to residence TVs. Nonetheless what’s utterly totally different about it, that may justify purchasing for it as an alternative of any of the older Chromecasts?

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Google Chromecast 3: What’s new?

On the ground, the model new Chromecast an an identical to the second period Chromecast.

It’s the an identical dimension and kind as sooner than, albeit with the Google emblem as an alternative of the Chrome emblem on it, and nonetheless makes use of micro-USB connection to work. It has no magnetic connector on it that many Chromecast clients took topic with, nonetheless except for that it seems the an identical.

It moreover nonetheless works the an identical as sooner than it helps full HD (1,920 x 1080), nonetheless not 4K (for which you’ll need the Chromecast Ultra).

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The big change for the model new Chromecast is its residence connectivity. It helps Google Assistant, which suggests you’ll have the power to make use of your voice as an alternative of a smartphone to command it to “play Stranger Things.” (although you need to make the most of the Google Home app within the occasion you need to use a smartphone).

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The catch is that the Chromecast doesn’t have a built-in microphone — you’ll need to connect it to a Google Home gadget that does with the intention to make use of this attribute. In its announcement of the Home Hub, Google emphasised the connectivity between utterly totally different elements of the home, and the model new Chromecast seems to be Google’s method of tying the TV into this union.

That is good, as an early leak of the model new Chromecast on the US Google Retailer gave buys a discount within the occasion that they bought it with the Home Hub.

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