For three years, Google's Chromecast platform has stood out in the streaming-box category for one simple reason: your phone is your remote. Smartphones and tablets can do a lot of the heavy lifting in ...

Google’s revealing a wide product portfolio today, but the Chromecast Ultra might be the most unassuming sleeper hit of the bunch. The newest member of the Chromecast family supports 4K resolution ...

Google’s premium Chromecast quadruples the pixels for double the money, but lacks the bells and whistles of other high-end steaming devices. Compared to its predecessors, the Chromecast Ultra has ...

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Google claims that the Ultra is far faster than earlier Chromecasts. It should load videos 1.8 times faster than the second-generation Chromecast. It can do this due to more advanced hardware. Besides ...

Google's Chromecast — the updated version of which launched in October 2015 — is a great, cheap way to stream content to your TV, with one major drawback: It doesn't support 4K videos. This is now ...

As rumors suggested, Google took the wraps off of a slew of new devices at a launch event in San Francisco today. Apart from the two new Pixel smartphones, Google also introduced Google Home, an ...

Google is about to release a new version of its wildly-popular Chromecast streaming dongle, with 4K HDR video support for $69. The Chromecast Ultra will be available in November. Presumably, the ...

If you’ve been waiting for a Chromecast with 4K video support, good news: it’s looking more and more real with each passing day. Rumors have been floating around for a few weeks now of an upcoming ...

With the last-generation Chromecast, Google managed to turn its inexpensive streaming device into something that was fast and genuinely useful. Now, as the rumors foretold, there's a 4K/HDR upgrade: ...

The smart TV is here, and it is damn stupid. Smart TV features are just a mess, and rarely get upgraded beyond what ships with your set. A few years ago, Google went a long-way towards solving this ...

Google is mere days away from unveiling its new Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, as well as their new Andromeda operating system which is said to be an infusion of Chrome OS and Android, and could be ...