I was thinking the same. Matter integration and a faster processor. I think the hard part for users is the price point. They’re “upgrading” the Chromecast, which is good, but they are using a higher tier product to do it, so it will be treated as a graveyard project.
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superterran@lemmy.world 4 months agoSo dramatic, it looks like a decent upgrade! The last device was laggy anyways
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 4 months ago
SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
For like $25 I don’t care if it’s laggy. I just want to be able to stream into any HDMI port
superterran@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’d rather my TV run smoothly, crippling performance to save $40 is not something I’m interested in, personally.
SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
The response time to my phone is laggy but the picture is crisp and clean. If the picture itself has issues you have bad internet or a bad unit.
superterran@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Comparing it to a Shield or Apple TV it’s clear how weak it was. In fairness, seems like they could just sell both but of course it’s important that Google have a performant offering