There aren't many gadgets that I'm still using five years after I buy them, except for maybe a laptop. Even then, that's getting quite long in the tooth given how quickly upgrades arrive these days.

Download content to your device and cast the file rather than stream videos from the internet. Lower the video quality before casting to reduce the bandwidth required for casting. Enable Optimize ...

You can use your Chromecast device without Wi-Fi, and still cast all of your favorite content to your TV from another device. If you can't connect to Wi-Fi, you can still stream to your Chromecast by ...

Many people using older Chromecast devices experienced a shock in recent days when their units lost the ability to cast content. The company ended the brand last year, which led folks to think that ...

Chromecast started off as a relatively simple idea when it was unveiled back in 2013. Give the dongle power, plug it into your HDMI and cast content from your phone to your TV. If anything, it stuck ...

When Google launched Chromecast on July 24, 2013, product manager Rishi Chandra wasn’t sure whether it would succeed or fail. The $35 TV dongle was an anomaly among streaming devices, both for its low ...

Google is widely rolling out the Home Panel to the Chromecast with Google TV and other Google TV devices. The feature was previously available to those signed up for the Google Home public preview ...

Yes! You can definitely rename your Chromecast. Wouldn't it be annoying if you couldn't? You'd be stuck with whatever room you set it up in first or with typos. Luckily, that's not the case. You can ...

The traditional Chromecast is dead, now replaced with Google TV. However, the new Chromecast with Google TV (HD) lacks one feature from the previous generation – support for being powered by your TV ...

Your Google Chromecast is an instant portal to a world of smart content, even if the TV you have it connected to isn’t web-connected. But, like any tech, there are times where your Chromecast may ...

Android 12 is finally available for Chromecast with Google TV (4K) and available out of the box on the HD model too. But it’s an update that doesn’t bring a ton of user-facing features. One addition ...

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