Google TV Streamer: our new entertainment and smart home hub

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Google TV Streamer offers an AI-powered, next-generation, personalized streaming and smart
home experience for just $99.99.
We’ve been hard at work using Gemini models to evolve our smart home devices and experiences while
reinventing two of our most iconic and beloved devices: Nest Learning Thermostat (4th gen) and our
latest streaming device.
Today, we’re introducing Google TV Streamer, designed to give you the best entertainment
experience possible. Google TV Streamer replaces Chromecast, bringing its best features to
our next-generation 4K TV streaming device — but as a faster, more premium version.
Complete with the best of Google TV, Google TV Streamer doubles as a smart home hub for
your Google Home and Matter devices. It also has a sleek design that fits right into your home’s
decor without standing out. Keep reading to learn more about Google TV Streamer, and why
we built it to do much more than just stream.
The best of Google TV for AI-powered, personalized entertainment
Streaming has boomed in popularity, so there are more options for what to watch than ever
before. Google TV Streamer offers access to 700,000+ movies and shows through streaming
apps like YouTube TV, Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV and more, in addition to live TV with 800+ free
channels. To make it easier to find what to watch, Google TV Streamer uses Google AI and your
preferences to curate content suggestions across all of your subscriptions, organized
conveniently in one place. You can even build watchlists with recommendations for every
member of your home.
And thanks to Gemini technology on Google TV, you can now get full summaries, reviews and
season-by-season breakdowns of content, so finding your next marathon-watch just got
easier.

With ambient mode, you can turn an idle TV into a work of art. Use your voice to pull up favorite
memories from your Google Photos, like your last family vacation, or create one-of-a-kind screensaver
art with generative AI — just use your voice to describe your vision, or let a guided experience inspire
you.

A giant leap in performance
For a premium streaming experience, you need a premium streaming device. Google TV
Streamer offers an improved processor, double the memory and 32GB of storage for faster
app load times and smoother navigation than previous generation Chromecast. And with 4K
HDR with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, every detail, sound and image feels like a cinematic
experience.

You can connect your Google TV Streamer to a Wi-Fi network, or use an ethernet port for
faster, buffer-free streaming with snappier navigation and app loading or switching. We
designed Google TV Streamer to sit in front of your TV, rather than tucked behind it, to improve
connectivity across your smart home devices.
An even more connected smart home
If you’re one of the many people living in a smart home today, you know how helpful it is to
have a simple way to control and connect your gadgets. Google TV Streamer has connectivity
support for Matter, along with a built-in Thread border router, a technology that allows you to
quickly and safely connect smart home devices like locks and motion sensors. Together, this
allows your smart home devices to work as a team with faster response times and improved
reliability.
We’re also bringing the Google Home panel to the biggest screen in your home.. The home
panel lets you check your cameras (see who’s there when your Nest Doorbell rings!), adjust the
lights and temperature, close the blinds and more — without leaving your couch. It
automatically syncs with your Google Home app, so it works with millions of devices.

For an even better connected experience, Google TV Streamer integrates allows you to cast
media from your phone, add it to speaker groups and control music in your house directly from your TV.
Thoughtfully designed for your home and hand
Google TV Streamer is available in two neutral colors: Porcelain and Hazel (available only in the
U.S. only). Its low-profile form is sleek and stylish so you can tuck it neatly between your TV and
the media console, and to allow for that handy ethernet port.
Based on user feedback, we’ve redesigned the voice remote, making it easier and more
comfortable to hold with improved ergonomics, like a textured back for better grip and an

optimized button layout to fit hands of all sizes. You can also program its new customizable
button to immediately open your favorite app, switch inputs or launch the Google Home panel.
While voice search makes it simple to find your favorite content, you can now find your lost
remote via voice as well. Just ask your nearest Google Assistant-enabled speaker or Pixel
phone for help by saying “Hey Google, find my remote,” and the remote will beep. You can
press the button on the back of your Google TV Streamer to chime the remote, too.

Get Google TV Streamer
Google TV Streamer will be available on September 24 for $99.99 from The Google Store and
other third party retailers.