![]() ![]() Similar to the actual streaming player, the remote bundled with the Chromecast with Google TV HD feels more premium. If the remote might prove to be a deciding factor, then this might be one area where you’ll definitely want to check the two devices out in person, as it is a trade-off between design and function. Image: Streaming Better Both remotes have their selling points In comparison, the Onn Google TV 4K Streaming Box is a very basic plastic box and feels like it costs $20 or thereabouts. Chromecast HD (white) and 4K (blue) / Image: Streaming Better With that in mind, Google sells plenty of units with this exact design for $50. ![]() The Chromecast HD chassis is pretty much identical to the more expensive $50 Chromecast 4K. What that means exactly is hard to define, but if you hold the two at the same time then it is clear that one feels more premium than the other. While it is difficult to really predict the long-term durability of a device, the Chromecast just feels like it is built better. Chromecast is better for build qualityĪfter reviewing both devices, the Chromecast with Google TV HD offers a better build quality and I would expect it to prove more durable over time. However, the 4K Chromecast costs $49.99 making it more than twice as much as Walmart’s Onn Streaming Box. Image: Streaming Betterįor reference, there is also a Chromecast with Google TV 4K model available, which boosts the resolution support up to 4K. While this is fairly basic 4K support, it is still 4K. In spite of being even cheaper, Walmart has managed to load the Onn Google TV 4K Streaming Box with 4K support. As the name suggests, the Chromecast with Google TV HD is limited to just HD and this is one of the reasons why Google is able to sell it as cheap as it does. Walmart’s streaming box is better for 4Kįor those that want the highest resolution possible then this is an easy win for Walmart’s Onn Streaming Box. Not only does it come with 4K support, but it is also loaded with slightly more memory and the same CPU. On paper, the Onn Streaming Box is the more powerful of the two devices. It should still be some time before that hits stable, while we don’t know whether the current 4K and HD Chromecast will make it that far in terms of OS updates.Advertisement Onn Streaming Box vs Chromecast HD spec comparisonīelow is an overview of the specs of both devices. Meanwhile, Android TV 14 just entered beta last month. A 2-year release cadence would match Wear OS, which is going from 11 to 13 with Wear OS 4 later this year. This is not surprising when you consider how the Chromecast went from Android 10 to 12 last October. There’s no TV remote update today, while Google has yet to refresh its Chromecast version page.Īs we spotted last month, Google is no longer working on an Android 13 update for any Android or Google TV device. Google released such an update at the start of this year. As such, it presumably addresses only a handful of issues that have popped up in the past few weeks. “Bug fixes and performance improvements” is the only entry in the changelog, and the devices remain on the April 2023 security patch. ![]() Curiously, this shows that version numbers do not have to come in alphabetical order. This should be for both the 4K and HD Chromecast models. R1 almost a month ago and comes in at 59.61 MB (versus the usual 150~ MB release for security patches). Following the previous update at the end of May, Google is rolling out a small update to the Chromecast with Google TV today. ![]()
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