{"id":3127,"date":"2013-07-24T19:26:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T19:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/google-unveils-35-video-to-tv-device\/"},"modified":"2013-07-24T19:26:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T19:26:19","slug":"google-unveils-35-video-to-tv-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/google-unveils-35-video-to-tv-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Google unveils $35 video-to-TV device"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cnn_strycntntlft\">\n<!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<div class=\"cnn_stryimg640captioned\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/dam\/assets\/130724133353-google-chromecast-story-top.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Queiroz, vice president of product management at Google, holds up a new Google Chromecast SDK.\" border=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cnn_stryimg640caption\">\n<div class=\"cnn_strycaptiontxt\">Mario Queiroz, vice president of product management at Google, holds up a new Google Chromecast SDK.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"em0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cnn_strylftcntnt\">\n<div class=\"cnn_strylctcntr\">\n<ul class=\"cnn_bulletbin cnnStryHghLght\"><!--google_ad_section_start--><\/p>\n<li>Google introduces Chromecast, a USB stick that pushes Web video to your TV<\/li>\n<li>Chromecast costs $  35 and is available immediately<\/li>\n<li>Google also unveiled an upgraded Nexus 7 tablet with a higher-res screen and 4G LTE<\/li>\n<p><!--google_ad_section_end-->\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><!--google_ad_section_start--><!--startclickprintinclude--><\/p>\n<p><strong>San Francisco (CNN)<\/strong> &#8212; Google has a simple and inexpensive new way to stream Internet videos on your TV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2\">The company on Wednesday introduced <a href=\"http:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&#038;u=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fdevices%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dchromecast\" target=\"_blank\">Chromecast<\/a>, a small device that lets you stream content to your television over a WI-Fi network, using your computer, phone or tablet as a remote control. The company said its goal is to create a device with zero setup time, no learning curve, and one that works with all platforms and devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3\">The $  35 Chromecast is a radically different approach to TV than Google&#8217;s previous failed attempt, the Nexus Q. It&#8217;s smaller, cheaper and available starting today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4\">The two-inch dongle looks like a thumb drive and pops into the HDMI port on an HDTV. It turns your phone, tablet or computer into a remote. Choose what content you&#8217;d like to stream and the Chromecast will play it on a nearby TV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5\">&#8220;The television is missing in the (streaming-video) picture. it is really, really difficult to get your online videos on the television,&#8221; said Sundar Pichai, Google&#8217;s senior vice president of Android, Chrome and apps, at Wednesday&#8217;s press event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6\">Chromecast supports both Android and iOS devices. At its event, Google demonstrated the device using a Windows laptop and an iPhone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7\">Chromecast also is streaming directly from your Wi-Fi connection, so it&#8217;s not draining your device&#8217;s battery. That means you can multi-task, checking e-mail on your computer, tablet or phone while a custom YouTube playlist broadcasts on your TV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8\">The device currently only streams content from YouTube, Google Play and Netflix, though more apps, such as Pandora, are expected in the future. A beta feature lets you stream any tab directly from a Chrome browser running on one of your non-TV devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9\">With Chromecast, Google is seeking a foothold in a small but growing field. Only 15% of households have figured out how to watch online video on their TV sets, according to Google. The device goes head-to-head with existing Internet-on-TV solutions like Apple TV or the Roku box.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10\">The Chromecast stick is on sale now in the Google Play store and at electronics retailers such as Best Buy, although it may not ship immediately. A purchase of Chromecast includes three months of free Netflix streaming.<\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!--google_ad_section_end--><br \/>\n<!--no partner--><\/p>\n<p><!-- ADSPACE: technology\/bst\/adlinks.607x95 --><!-- CALLOUT|http:\/\/ads.cnn.com\/html.ng\/site=cnn&cnn_pagetype=bst&cnn_position=607x95_adlinks&cnn_rollup=technology&page.allowcompete=no&params.styles=fs|CALLOUT --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.quantserve.com\/pixel\/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~r\/rss\/cnn_tech\/~3\/-pES7ryVA-o\/index.html\">CNN.com &#8211; Technology<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mario Queiroz, vice president of product management at Google, holds up a new Google Chromecast SDK. Google introduces Chromecast, a USB stick that pushes Web video to your TV Chromecast costs $ 35 and is available immediately Google also unveiled an upgraded Nexus 7 tablet with a higher-res screen and 4G LTE San Francisco (CNN) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[852],"tags":[856,281,854,855],"class_list":["post-3127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking-news","tag-device","tag-google","tag-unveils","tag-videototv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}