Chromecast with Google TV is now out there in India

Google TV is the rebranded model of Android TV and brings good TV capabilities to any TV. It may be plugged right into a TV via an HDMI connector, whereas the gadget might be managed utilizing a wi-fi distant. The wi-fi distant helps voice enter and has a devoted Google Assistant button. Entry to Google Assistant means customers can work together with it in the identical manner as their Android smartphones. It can be used to regulate different suitable good residence gadgets akin to good lights.

The distant additionally has quick-access buttons for YouTube and Netflix, two of the main video streaming platforms in India. 

Chromecast with Google TV helps video streaming in as much as 4K (excessive dynamic vary) HDR at as much as 60 frames per second (FPS). It additionally helps Dolby Imaginative and prescient and HDMI pass-through of Dolby audio content material. This implies it may possibly assist high-resolution audio. 

The 4K decision or 3840 x 2160p is thought to be the gold commonplace of video streaming and most modern-day mid-segment TVs assist it. HDR improves the visible expertise by permitting the gadget to unlock extra info on brightness and colour throughout a a lot wider vary. 

In accordance with Google, the Chromecast with Google TV provides entry to 1000’s of apps and over 400,000 films and TV reveals. Along with Netflix and YouTube, it helps all main OTT platforms together with Apple TV, Disney+ Hotstar, MX Participant, Prime Video, Voot, and Zee5.

Google is providing YouTube Premium for as much as 3 months with the gadget. 

Consumption of on-line video and OTT platforms has soared in India after the pandemic. India’s video streaming market is predicted to develop at a compound annual development charge (CAGR) of over 20% to exceed $13 billion–$15 billion within the subsequent decade, in line with a February report by Deloitte. 

Amazon Hearth Stick, which is the important thing competitors for Google’s Chromecast gadgets, has been immensely well-liked in India. Amazon Hearth TV Streaming Developments 2021, printed in January 2022, reveals that Indian prospects spent nearly 4 hours each day on Hearth TV gadgets. It additionally reveals that consumers bought Hearth TV gadgets in 80% of pin codes throughout India reflecting the rising attain of OTT and such gadgets in tier 2 and tier 3 cities. 

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