Google TV Streamer

Tried this and no matter what I try when it comes to setting up the streamer in google home it won’t connect, on iOS it just fails and on Android it gives an authentication error. The only way to get them to connect is to sign in using the remote, which causes them to create their own thread network and not the preferred on in the cloud Adam

[...] Once upon a time, things were good and our Chromecast with Google TV knew exactly how to turn on our soundbar, set our TV to output sound to said soundbar, control the volume on that soundbar using IR. [...] The audio output on the TV is set seemingly semi-randomly depending on content!?. [...] I suspect it is required to completely redo the remote setup to see those settings, OR as I rather suspect: they broke this shit in purpose to get us to buy a new Google TV Streamer.

[...] Single-core Geekbench scores are over 10x competitive players like the Google TV Streamer and multicore are around 7x. Given that a Google TV Streamer costs $100 and an Apple TV costs $130, you're getting a lot more value for your money with an Apple TV. [...] Plus, it's just so nice buying a product where I'm not bombarded by ads and UX anti-patterns trying to confuse me so I part with my money. And I spend less money on the box too. [...]

In my Opinion, this Google TV Streamer sucks booty. [...] With the new Google TV Streamer, every time I power on my TV, the Google TV Streamer does not turn on. [...]

[...] Anytime you use it, the Ultra crashes immediately once streaming starts. [...]

Has anyone had issues with the streamer freezing? Almost every time I have used it at least once per day it will freeze up and I have to reboot it. I ended up going back to the Roku Ultra.

I have had this device since it launched. I have had several of the older Chromecast devices over the years. [...] My very first big screen LCD TV was not a smart TV. So I got the original Chromecast way back when, and they stuck with me..I have had Roku and fire TV, absolutely hated them. The Google TV streamer was a nice update to the previous Chromecast devices. [...] I think outside of all the positives and negatives about the device, the BEST feature (aside from the ability to find the remote) is that it's an official Google product and will continue to get Android updates faster than any TV that has the Google TV app built in. The updates come straight from Google and don't have to be run through the company that makes the TV, which allows them to add bloatware or remove features to tailor it to their liking. You get the best android experience possible with the Google TV streamer. [...]

I have a Google TV Streamer. 1st reason, it cannot catch-up particularly when I am viewing sequentially YouTube Short Reels (it will either loss its sounds or the screen get corrupted); 2nd reason, the sound disappear when viewing long YouTube Movies or Features; 3rd reason, its ability to shot-down my (Sony) TV power intermittently works; 4th reason, it does not allow USB connection, thus I cannot connect my wireless keyboard & mouse; and 5th reason, it does not allow access when I subscribed Disney+ with Crave package (I only get Disney+). I connected it by wire from the WiFi device (ethernet-router) to improve performance but it still failed. I am the sole user of my internet and Google TV Streamer. [...]

[...] Disney Plus glitches and some movies in HBO Max will not display hdr. [...]

I am getting ready to return mine and go back my Chromecast. The micro stutters on almost all the apps make it unusable and I was able to use developer options to get rid of the micro stutters but then the change breaks a lot of apps like the F1 app. It just seems like it was unfinished

I still can't believe that not one reviewer has said anything about how bad the new remote is for the Google TV Streamer. Nearly every day I use the remote the select button on the directional d pad sticks down affecting the overall performance and you have to turn the same button before it pops back up to continue using it. [...] I would have returned it for this flaw but the reduced price I got it for was too good to return. If you are going to pay anywhere near the retail price for this item I really cannot recommend this for anyone as the remote really is so bad and spoils the impression overall. The performance on the box is better than the discontinued Chromecast models, I wouldn't recommend using this on WiFi in my opinion as it can stutter from time to time when steaming on WiFi.

[...] I haven't yet got any bugs or lag or even any stuttering at all. [...] I bought my streamer on launch day and it's still buttery smooth.

[...] I got the latest replacement from the Google store. It's a Google TV streamer. [...] To a full screen ad for some $6.99 Arby offer. [...]

Hey, I had trouble to get my google tv streamer join my exisiting thread network. After many tries I got it working. [...] Check in HA if the google tv streamer joined the thread network (settings - thread) If it didnt, factory reset the google tv streamer and follow the steps below to set it up. [...] You can try to skip this step, if you have not already followed step 5 - 7 in your past setup.) disable active VPNs on your phone (as recommended by HA when comissioning devices) disable 5 GHz wifi in you network (as recommended by HA when comissioning devices) be logged into you main google account on you phone (or the one used while creating the thread network) google stores thread credentials to its cloud by default (if interested, check by opening you phone settings → google services → thread networks → network preferences → save credentials log into you main google account in the google home app Set up the google tv streamer using the google home app and your main google account. Check in HA if the google tv streamer joined the thread network. [...] The google tv streamer tries to find exisiting thread credentials backed up to the google account used for setup. [...] By assuring we have the correct thread credentials locally on the phone and in the cloud on our google account, the google tv streamer should be

[...] It's just cheaper. [...] I just bought this device because the chromecast I have did not have enough processing power to play my videos with subtitles on, and would stutter. [...] And don't get me started on my embedded apps in my cheap vizeo TV - that stuff was crap and made me buy the Chromecast a couple of years ago.

Been using the TV streamer since its release as well. I switched from Apple TV for the ecosystem and, yeah, it's slower in some cases, but it's definitely fast enough to stream what I want smoothly, something I can't say for the original Chromecast. [...] When one day I opened my TV to find a full screen, auto-playing Starbucks ad, I took the next hour researching launchers, installing Perplexity, and getting everything set up. [...] I do love the speaker in the new remote, yelling "Hey Google where's the remote," I've always had success finding the source of the loud beeps. I agree, though, it's overpriced.

[...] The only travesty of the Google TV Streamer is the name. [...] Tough for keyboard warriors to write. [...] I want to FAANG my ATV via HDR10 on my OLED. [...] Anyway, Google TV Streamer is awesome. [...] Suffice to say that Streamer is worth the purchase price. [...]

I’ve got my Apple TV 4K like 2 years ago and it’s been the best, it was actually my gateway into the Apple ecosystem

This can be solved by using any number of 3rd-party streaming devices: Apple TV, Google TV Streamer, NVIDIA Shield, ... I've never experienced an TV OS that was reliably better than one of the above, though a Roku-OS TV came close.

I got one of those Google TV Streamer boxes, put a different launcher on it (Projectivy Launcher), and it's been great, no ads or anything.

[...] I had this problem as well, so I bought the Google TV Streamer box and installed an alternative launcher called Dispatch. [...]

[...] My problem with this is that it sounds like they're discontinuing a product that works perfectly well, and replacing it with something slightly worse (for my use case) at 2x the price. Granted, for now they are still selling the Chromecast, so they have time to introduce a future "Google TV Streamer Mini" that retains the form factor of the Chromecast. [...]

I got a google TV streamer thing, and it's freaking awesome once you set up IPTV stuff. [...]

[...] Thats why i bought Google tv and disconnect internet from the tv and use the Google for the apps and kodi i try today .Google collect data ofcourse but it doesnt watch your screen . So tip disconnect your smart tv!

I'm stupidly excited about this—last week, I picked up a Google TV Streamer on sale at Best Buy. [...] I can cast a site from Chrome on my laptop and view it on my TV! [...]

I have Google cromecast HD but now is slow all the apps I buy this Google tv streamer and is faster in all my apps

I have so far been pretty good Apple its good too but I like the Google streamer

Anybody having network issues on these devices? I'm getting 600mbps download and only 70 max on the streamer. Driving me nuts

[...] I've had to replace several because the buttons stop working after a while. [...]

I just bought this today and I love it. I side loaded some apps with no problem and I think this is going to replace my Nvidia Shield. Great video I never miss anything you put out

Im ok with google BUT PLEASE GOOGLE WHOEVER DESIGNED THE REMOTE NEVER EVER LET THEM USE THE OLD DESIGN. It always slips off my hands and it crawls and wedge itself

I got a Google TV streamer last month and I'm very happy with it. It's so much faster than my TVs built-in UI, and now I can run Kodi to access my 2TB media library!

Personally I never use the LG OS or really any smart tv OS since they're so much slower and laggier than a dedicated device. I got a Google TV streamer which is imo the best option if you're not an apple user. The Nvidia shield is also a great choice.

They need to move the mute button to the side of remote like the Roku does. I don't have to look at their remote to mute. I sent my Google streamer back.

[...] For me the fact that I can stream from my server to the device on 4k it's great my TLC tv hardware is so slow and bad... [...]

I had to drop money for the Google streaming device because my YouTube premium subscription will not work on my new Sony TV. I think it's a way for Google/YouTube to make plenty of money.

Me too, mostly stream it from my phone to my Google TV Streamer attached to my TV.

Switch from apple TV to google TV streamer due to switching from IOS to google and have to say i prefer the google TV streamer - it shows my netflex up next on the home screen apple tv can't do that. Overall been smooth at doing everything i want it to.

I have had my Google TV Streamer since it launched and all your points are spot on. Although I do wish you covered video support like HDR10 and dolby vision that built in TV streamers occasionally do not support. Also, regarding the ads, the cool thing about the android system is that it is mostly customizable compared to other competitors, using a third party launcher such as Projectivity launcher.

I bought it in order to be able to connect the Philips Hue Sync Box to my Smart TV and am positively surprised! I didn't see a need as Android is running on my TV anyways but surprisingly it works better with the streamer.

Wifi is all good for phones or a laptop around the house but for EVERYTHING else I will ALWATS go for a wired connection 100% of the times. The remote is HORRIBLE though...fortunately I can still use my Samsung smart remote with it. So far I am pretty happy with mine but only after replacing the UI with Launchify and getting rid of all the adds and recommendations.

I have an ONN Google tv box. It cost me $19.99 and some tax. It works fine. It is smooth and fast enough. It has frozen a few times. But 99% of the time it has worked fine. For $20 I can not complain about rebooting the box occasionally.

I have both an Apple TV and a Google TV streamer. [...]

I hate how this and the onn 4k pro dont play content in what it was made for like the Chromecast did. On the chromecast the menu was is stereo sound and it switched to whatever surround sound format was needed for the content but on these new boxes, everything is in either stereo or dolby surround which sucks.

My chrome ultra with an Ethernet plug and no remote is doing great. Ive not seen it in years as it sits on the back of my tv.

[...] I don't know what it was but all of my apps were freezing up all the time even after reformatting. I have no problems with my Google TV streamer.

Stremio is not working for me no matter how many times I tried is just not showing me the options to watch the shows... and I have all the add-ons

I have had a wholly positive experience with my Google TV Streamer. It meets all of my streaming needs, and its performance has been consistently smooth, with no discernible lag or system crashes. Furthermore, I find the advertising to be significantly less obtrusive than on my previous Roku Ultra, and it has not detracted from my user experience.

I love mine, it works really well and I use it to watch my shows in the basement, got an entire setup and I hasn't really had any issues xD (lately been watching Gen V)

I bought a Google TV Streamer 4K for Mum so she could get rid of her Foxtel box and use streaming apps instead (including Binge). However, I found out that Binge doesn't work on it I guess because it's owned by rival Hubbl, which Foxtel owns. Fuck you, Murdoch.