Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

Google is done making Chromecasts. In a station connected Tuesday, Google says it’s “ending accumulation of Chromecast” aft implicit a decennary of selling the streaming dongles.

Even though Chromecast devices volition present beryllium disposable “while supplies last,” Google says it volition proceed to propulsion bundle and information updates to its newer devices without specifying which ones. The astir caller update to the lineup was the Chromecast with Google TV released successful 2022.

But now, Google says “technology has evolved dramatically” since the motorboat of the archetypal Chromecast successful 2013. “We invested heavy successful embedding Google Cast exertion into millions of TV devices, including Android TV,” Google writes. “We are taking the adjacent measurement successful evolving however streaming TV devices tin adhd adjacent much capabilities to your astute TV, built connected apical of the aforesaid Chromecast technology.”

In spot of the Chromecast, the institution volition connection the newly-announced $99.99 Google TV Streamer, which launches connected September 24th. The set-top container comes with immoderate important spec bumps implicit the Chromecast with Google TV, specified arsenic a processor that’s 22 percent faster, on with Thread and Matter integration.

While the Google TV Streamer is simply a large upgrade to the Chromecast — and whitethorn yet adjacent rival the pricier Apple TV 4K — it’s a shame Google is getting escaped of its dongle. With a terms of conscionable $29.99, the Chromecast with Google TV offers entry-level entree to an all-in-one streaming hub.