A highlight this year is the new remote control, which Google said was “our most requested feature.” It’s slightly longer than my palm with a curved shape that makes it comfortable to hold. There’s a ...

Still, it’s nice to have a dedicated remote that you can leave on the coffee table for when other devices are occupied or out of reach. Since I’ve recently been trying figure out some uses for my old ...

Google’s original Chromecast is seven years old, and despite multiple iterations since, it still runs the basic Cast interface from 2013. Today, the Chromecast is ...

Every day, billions of people take to the web to "google" something, thus solidifying Google's status in the tech world. Yes, most people know about Google and the portfolio of other applications the ...

Google's revamped streaming dongle transforms the gadget into what could be a legit competitor to Roku and Amazon Fire TV. Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior media reporter, covering the intersection ...

Google appears to be readying a new, remote-controlled Chromecast Ultra for launch, according to recent reports. That’s because two new device models, associated with Chromecast, have been spotted ...

For much of the past decade, Google has maintained two different smart TV platforms: Chromecast and Android TV (formerly Google TV). But now 9to5Google reports that the next Chromecast Ultra will be a ...

The Chromecast has long been known as Google’s super-affordable streamer, but in 2021, it was revamped with a remote, new hardware, and an Android-based operating system with native apps. Here’s ...

Since March of this year, we’ve been tracking a brand new Cast experience for YouTube on regular, non-Google TV-powered Chromecast dongles. It looks like the YouTube app on Android TV with better ...