I have a second generation Chromecast on an old TV that only does 1080p. I’m fine with that, I don’t care about the resolution. Someone told me that I might like the new one with Google TV, but I don’t know much about it. I pretty much just cast from apps on my phone, so I’m not sure if there’s any reason to upgrade. The only thing I don’t like is sometimes the Chromecast icon doesn’t show up and I have to restart the app, but I doubt that’s on the Chromecast end.
Overall, I’m pretty satisfied with what I have, but I’ve been looking at comparison websites and they aren’t really telling me what I need to know, which is if I’m missing something good I shouldn’t be missing.
Also, this is not really important, but I’m on Chrome and Google thinks “Chromecast” is a misspelling.
The old Chromecast does hdmi-cec for controlling the TV as well
Not the old one I have.
Device features > Ambient mode / Video / Audio
Video > Use 50Hz / Video smoothness / Automatically turn on game mode
The new one I bought recently can download apps and comes with a remote. It also has a remote in Google Home. The old one has no physical remote or in Google Home.
Sure, but it still does cec. Specifically if you cast to it the TV turns on. I’ve only ever used my Google home to turn off the TV via “hey Google turn off the TV” but the functionality is there, there’s just no remote control to make it self sufficient