Enlarge / The 2020 4K Chromecast with Google TV. It is available in colours. (credit score: Google)
It seems like Google is cooking up one other Google TV dongle. 9to5Google’s sources say a brand new 4K mannequin of the Chromecast with Google TV is within the works. It might be a sequel to the ageing 2020 mannequin that was by no means actually match for the job within the first place. It might additionally sit alongside the 2022 HD mannequin.
The report says the brand new gadget would keep on the $50 value level and include a brand new distant. A brand new chip can be the first motivation for a brand new gadget. The present 4K dongle has an Amlogic S905X3 (it is only for Cortex A55 CPUs), and if Google sticks with Amlogic, a very good improve can be the upcoming Amlogic S905X5. Moreover a sooner CPU and GPU, it additionally helps the AV1 video codec, one thing Google has been pushing throughout its ecosystem as a result of it might reduce down on what should be an unbelievable YouTube bandwidth invoice. It has made AV1 a requirement for some new units so as to get the YouTube app, and regardless of forcing it on rivals like Roku, Google’s greatest dongle does not have {hardware} help for the codec but. Technically the S905X5 is just not official but, so we do not have a full spec sheet, however companions have been speaking about it since final yr.
The No. 1 factor a brand new Google TV dongle wants, and has wanted for years, is extra storage. Google {Hardware} is meant to make units which can be purpose-built for Google’s software program, however the 4K and HD Chromecasts with Google TV have by no means actually been as much as the duty because of the 8GB of complete gadget storage. Again within the early Chromecast days when these dongles ran a customized OS and solely confirmed video streams, that was high-quality. These new units run full-fat Android now, full with a Play Retailer, entry to hundreds of thousands of apps, and plenty of preinstalled software program. 8GB is just not almost sufficient.
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