I’m actually upset you can’t use Nest Audio speakers as audio out. Apple TV lets you do it with home pods, Google said they were working on it, guess they were too busy adding AI garbo to the new device.
Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line
Submitted 6 months ago by surfrock66@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/6/24214471/google-chromecast-line-discontinued
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jetsetdorito@lemm.ee 6 months ago
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
Hopefully people will reverse engineer the firmware and protocol so that the old devices aren’t total landfill.
Google have lost their mind…
schizoidman@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I think it just means google would stop selling it as the new google TV streamer is up for sale. My Chromecast from 2015 is still working till this day.
obsolete@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Google is doing Google things.
2pt_perversion@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I guess onn is going to completely take over the low price streaming box market then.
manucode@infosec.pub 6 months ago
A new entry to killedbygoogle.com?
MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Eh, not really. This product had a full run, will continue to work and the features are all still available in their newer products. Killed by Google usually implies they have a service that just ceases to exist.
9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Whats my next move when my chromecast audio dies? I love that thing
Pyotr@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ottercast, but you gotta build it yourself!
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Pi zero + squeezebox + usb sound card
P1nkman@lemmy.world 6 months ago
AudioCast - exactly the same, but different producer. I have both.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
… Does this mean that the google tv that is pictured, and that i just bought, will soon stop working?
I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What’s “soon”? Should be good for a couple of years
ripcord@lemmy.world 6 months ago
My 10-year-old Nexus (original Android TV that is a direct ancestor of the Google TV device you’re talking about) still works.
ours@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Gone the Google way. One more for the Google Graveyard.
variants@possumpat.io 6 months ago
Damm I’ve used these to stream my security cameras to portable monitors around the house. I hope they keep working
AethonRose@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Anyone looking for a streaming box look into the Walmart Onn 4k Pro, came out earlier this year and it works great. The remote has an annoying button on it, but that’s my only complaint.
Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Has the same SoC as the new $100 Google box as well.
_sideffect@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Let’s hope this doesn’t only support FAT32 so we can actually add movies to it
praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Get a pi, people. There are very few reasons you would want Chromecast.
Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Size and portability.? Ease of use?
pirtedad@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Curious, how does a pi replace Chromecast functionality?
bobotron@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Be nice to have something to replace my Nvidia shield pro with that’s not an apple tv. Looking forward to seeing how the new streaming device compares
iLove@programming.dev 6 months ago
Is Nvidia Shield Pro not good?
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Mines been packed away for a few years now
Anonymousllama@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’ve never even seen this thing? All the Chromecast I’ve seen over the last 4-5 years have been in-built modules in Android TVs.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 6 months ago
F
Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
So what’s the best android tv box nowadays? Still the Shield TV?
I have the latest chromecast with android tv (i think, who knows with these garbage model names), and it’s always been quite sluggish to use, and I can’t replace the home screen on it to one without ads since they locked down the bootloader.
So I’m looking for one that’s a bit snappier, and preferably with an unlockable bootloader, or at least the ability to replace the default launcher.
Damage@feddit.it 6 months ago
Eh as long as the protocol stays the same who cares? Everything has it built in nowadays, and even if it doesn’t, I bet China won’t stop making Chromecast dongles
FireWire400@lemmy.world 6 months ago
As long as they don’t completely nix the support à la Spotify Car Thing I’m fine with it
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Is there anything interesting you can do with a Chromecast dongle by jailbreaking it, if you can get one for cheap?
Resol@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I already forgot it existed.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
i mean not surprising since google tv with chromecast has been superior and the next logical step for it
histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
I don’t like google as much as the next person but they haven’t made just Chromecasts for awhile now they have just been Google tv boxes so it’s basically just a rebrand to increase price with the same features and hopefully better specs at least
Crampon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Switched to apple TV already. Googles lame ad infused cheap plastic remote did the trick on me. They have to pay ME if they want a Youtube and Netflix ad laying on my table at home.
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Don’t turn your remote over or you’ll have an Apple ad laying around.
I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
… and suddenly Netflix disappears from it.