On the Launch Night time In on-line occasion at the moment, Google introduced two new merchandise for the house. The primary is the Chromecast With Google TV which is the primary gadget to run Google TV and the second product is the Nest Audio good speaker.
Chromecast with Google TV
Whereas this gadget has Chromecast in its identify, it’s truly a streaming TV stick dongle. So it’s going up in opposition to the Amazon Hearth TV Stick line, the Xiaomi Mi TV Stick, and Roku’s streaming dongles.
Chromecast with Google TV brings a brand new UI known as Google TV. Not like Android TV which lists contents from apps corresponding to Netflix and Prime Video, Google TV combines content material from all of the sources accessible. So on a row, you may have films from Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, and Prime Video. It doesn’t matter if you happen to don’t have a subscription from all three, these you may’t watch could have a padlock icon.
Chromecast with Google TV additionally has Stay TV accessible by way of YouTube TV, and a suggestions tab that’s based mostly in your subscription, viewing historical past, and your personal content material. After all, there’s assist for casting from suitable units. When not in use, the gadget will present a slideshow of your favourite images out of your Google Pictures library.
The distant has a Google Assistant button which you should use to seek for reveals and films and in addition use to regulate your related good residence units. You may even view the feed out of your Nest camera on the TV.
Chromecast with Google TV is priced at $49.99 and comes in Snow, Dawn, and Sky. It’s accessible for buy already in the US and might be accessible in extra international locations by the tip of the yr. Google additionally revealed in the course of the launch that Google TV might be made accessible for extra Android TV streaming units however we don’t know the way quickly.
Nest Audio
The Nest Audio good speaker is the religious successor to the unique Google Residence good speaker. Nonetheless, in contrast to the Nest Mini which has the identical design because the Google Residence Mini, the Nest Audio speaker has a special design.
The speaker is wrapped in material and comes in 5 colours – Chalk, Charcoal, Sage, Sand, and Sky. Google says the enclosure is constituted of 70% recycled plastic. It has a 75 mm woofer and a 19 mm tweeter for loud and crisp audio. It even adapts to your surroundings and what you’re listening too. An instance is information and audiobooks which sound clearer and in another way from music.
After all, there’s Google Assistant which suggests you may ask it to play podcasts, audiobooks, and extra from varied platforms. You may also set reminders, ask questions in regards to the climate, and management good residence units. You may also pair audio system collectively and transfer playback from room to room.
When you have a Nest Conscious subscription, the speaker will ship you an alert when it detects sounds such because the breaking of glass or the sound of the smoke alarm. There’s a button on the again to show off the microphone and you’ll ask the assistant to delete what you simply stated by saying “Hey Google, delete what I simply stated”.
The speaker is powered by a quad-core A53 processor clocked at 1.8GHz. It helps dual-band Wi-Fi and its energy score is 30W.
The Nest Audio good speaker is priced at $99, lesser than the launch value of the Google Residence. Will probably be accessible beginning October 5 in 21 international locations.
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