Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

More than a decade after its introduction in 2013, following several generations and over 100 million individual devices sold, it is finally the end of the road for the Google Chromecast. The tech ...

When Google launched the Chromecast back in 2013, it was just a simple black stick with one capability: cast content from a third-party source to the TV it's connected to. From this, the tech giant ...

Back in 2013, Google launched the original Chromecast – a gadget that grabbed a lot of eyeballs. For $35, you could have access to a tiny HDMI stick that could turn any "dumb" TV into something that ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. The first Chromecast, launched way back in 2013, was a novel, dirt-cheap way to get your streaming content onto your TV.

Google will reportedly launch a new 4K Chromecast soon. The streaming dongle will seemingly retain the same $49.99 price as the 2020 model currently on the market. It may be announced at Google I/O ...

At I/O 2024, “Chromecast built-in” was quietly rebranded to “Google Cast.” Notably, this is reversing a branding change made in 2016. At the end of 2016, the original “Google Cast” brand was phased ...

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 ...

In a new batch of Chromecast updates, Google has released new firmware for the first-generation Chromecast for the first time in years. Since 2013, Google has offered the Chromecast series as a way to ...

The Google Chromecast patent case has been standing for some time now. After a legal trial, the court found that Google is guilty of the charges laid against it and must pay. Total damages from this ...

Google's Chromecast Smart TV dongle could be released in the UK and other territories in the near future. A job listing for an International Product Manager in charge of overseeing the device's global ...