This year 2023, one of the devices that changed the way we send content to television from mobile will be 10 years old. We are talking about the Chromecast, the first model of which was successfully launched in July 2013 and now after four generations it seems that Google will celebrate its tenth anniversary with the launch of a new Chromecast.
And the filtration comes directly from the app itself Google home. Hidden in your code are references to a new and unknown Chromecast that the company is already proving that it would arrive throughout this year to expand or improve Google’s catalog of streaming devices.
New Chromecast with Google TV on the way
The Chromecast It underwent a complete renovation at the end of 2020, betting on Google TV (Android TV) as its operating system, which made it mobile-independent by being able to install applications and have a remote control. At the end of 2022 its cheapest version arrived in HD but he repeated the same mistakes as his model in 4K and it looks like Google will now fix it by launching a new model.
Application Google Home it only reveals that there is a new model with the code “YTC”confirming elsewhere in the code that it is a “Chromecast with Google TV” alongside older “YTV” (Chromecast with Google TV) and “YTB” (Chromecast HD) models.
That’s all that is currently known about this new Chromecast, but if Google releases a new model this year, it would be odd if this new model again had the storage issues that the first two models had due to its rare 8 GB and which Google is trying to minimize with the new automatic cache clearing, with the new app archiving and the promise that during this year Android TV apps will take up much less space.
That’s why surely this new Chromecast is the successor to the Chromecast with Google TV (4K) of 2020. And among its improvements, a new processor compatible with the AV1 codec is expected and which offers more storage to install applications, in addition to more power for games. Chromecast with Google TV (4K) does not support AV1 codec while the Chromecast with Google TV (HD) has a compatible SoC.
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