I really like discovering offers on units that pull double obligation, because it feels prefer it’s stretching my greenback even additional. That’s why Google’s discounted TV Streamer (4K) caught my consideration this week. It’s not only a highly effective streaming system but additionally an incredible sensible dwelling hub — one you possibly can at present seize from Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, and Google for round $84 ($16 off), which is simply $5 shy of its lowest value so far.
Google’s newest set-top field is a transparent improve over the corporate’s prior streaming dongle, the Chromecast with Google TV. It continues to run on the corporate’s intuitive Google TV software program and helps each Dolby Imaginative and prescient and Dolby Atmos, whereas providing entry to a big selection of streaming apps. Nevertheless, beneath the hood, it packs twice as a lot RAM and 4 occasions the quantity of storage. The included distant additionally contains a new customizable shortcut button, and now you can use the field itself to ping your distant when you possibly can’t discover it.
However what actually units the streaming system aside is what it does past streaming. It doubles as a superb sensible dwelling hub with help for Matter, Thread, and Google Assistant voice controls through the distant. It additionally contains a built-in ethernet port for dependable connectivity and a brand new sensible dwelling panel, which helps you to management appropriate sensible dwelling units, corresponding to lights and thermostats, immediately out of your display. You possibly can even use it to view stay digicam feeds in your TV and pull up a livestream when somebody rings your video doorbell.