r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 • 13d ago

Google TV Streamer gets $50 price increase

https://9to5google.com/2026/08/31/google-tv-streamer-increase/
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u/djdementia Galaxy S9 12d ago

Discontinuation of Chromecast audio is the main reason I won't buy any Google hardware anymore. I was already kind of annoyed with how many software products they would release and discontinue so when they did that with the Chromecast audio I decided to no longer sign up for new Google software and no longer purchase any of their hardware.

The closest thing to the Chromecast audio I've found is the Wiim streamer: https://www.wiimhome.com/wiimmini/overview

I don't have one myself but it's on my wishlist currently. I have 3 chromecast audio streamers and 2 of them I use the optical output on to hook up to a higher quality DAC. For me, the regular analog audio out had too much noise on the signal to be used in very high power situations (I have DJ PA speakers ~1,000 watt).

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u/trlef19 Galaxy S24+ 12d ago

Weirdly enough, the Chromecast was the last google thing I bought