Google pulls the plug on Chromecast (Android News #32 2024)

Google is launching a brand new TV streaming device, but it’s also pulling the plug on Chromecast. These are the top Android news of the week.

Google Discontinues Chromecast: The End of an Era

Submitted 11 years ago Google The first Chromecast. More than 100 million copies of the various versions of this media player have now been sold. However, this success story is now coming to an end. Google announced on its blog that it will discontinue the Chromecast. Only the current stock is still being sold.

The reason for this is simple. When Google designed Chromecast, most TVs were dumb. Almost every TV now has apps, and you can easily cast content to the big screen without needing a media player. So the device has slowly lost its raison d’être.

→ Google stops producing Chromecast

This is Google TV Streamer: The Successor to Chromecast

Here is the Google TV Streamer officially unveiled by the American search giant. The device is the successor to the Chromecast and it stands out in many ways. It is not a small device that you put behind the TV, but a real device eye-catching Which you can put on your TV cabinet.

The design is slanted and two cables protrude from the back. One is for the HDMI cable that connects it to the display, and the other is for the power supply. The TV streamer is also equipped with an Ethernet port, so you can connect it to your network wired.

→ All About Google TV Streamer

Samsung also brings AI to the A55 and A35

According to the always informed website Sammobile Samsung Galaxy AI isn’t just limited to the company’s high-end devices. The South Korean giant is reportedly planning to bring AI to several mid-range smartphones in the A-series as well.

This concerns the Samsung Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35 that were introduced in March this year. The site says the new variants will be introduced with the upcoming One UI 6.1.1 update. This is the skin that covers Android and is developed by Samsung.

→ Galaxy AI for cheaper phones

Huawei Nova Flip: A colorful foldable phone at a low price

In its home country of China, Huawei introduced the Nova Flip, the first foldable smartphone in the Nova series. The device weighs 195 grams and is 6.9mm thick when unfolded. There are two displays, one of which is square on the outside and measures 2.4 inches in diameter. It’s a small, colorful AMOLED display that it uses for notifications.

There are two cameras on the outside, one of which is a 50MP primary camera. There is also an 8MP wide-angle lens. There is a 32MP selfie camera on the inner display. By the way, the display on the inside is 6.94 inches.

→ This is the Huawei Nova Flip phone

“These are the specifications of the Google Pixel Watch 3”

In a few days, Google is likely to unveil its latest smartwatch: the Pixel Watch 3. The smartwatch has now been leaked multiple times and the usually established website is now sharing Android titles The most important specifications.

Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be much change compared to the Pixel Watch 2, which was released late last year. Like its predecessor, the Pixel Watch 3 packs the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 5100 chipset, which provides the computing power. Additionally, there’s the same Cortex M33 coprocessor and 2GB of RAM. The 32GB storage remains the same.

→ Google Pixel Watch 3 specifications leaked