Possibly coming later this year, Google is currently working on a new generation of its chrome cast. The little gadget that turns any television into a Smart TV, including its content system and platform google tv.
Dubbed “Boreal”, the codename given to the next generation of the smart device for televisions, its development is still ongoing. It is currently one of the most popular products of North American technology and could be renewed this year.
A new generation of Chromecast arrives with Google TV in 2022
The current generation was announced by Google in September 2020. There the gadget with Google TV would be presented together with the Google Pixel 5 smartphone, with a modest reception in the market until then. In comparison, Google Chromecast 3 is more in demand.
Now, according to the latest information advanced by the publication 9To5Google the next generation is codenamed “Boreal”. This is the conclusion of the aforementioned portal after having analyzed the documentation and the Google source code.
In addition, the new Chromecast with Google TV will belong to the family of the current generation (in the image above) with the code name Sabrina, so it will be a successor, a second generation of the product.
More smart features for Chromecast 2nd Gen with Google TV
The publication does not contain price information or the main technical characteristics of the product. However, he points out that it should be presented and launched on the market at the end of this year, possibly in the last quarter of 2022.
Furthermore, this second generation will maintain the software, the Google TV platform. However, it will have enhanced AV1 hardware for content playback for better performance and media content management capabilities.
However, a reinforcement of the playback capacity for a better image quality stands out. That is, getting more out of the increasingly popular 4K TVs and 8K TVs. In short, we have a much improved image quality for the second generation of Chromecast with Google TV.
Chromecast with Google TV currently costs about €69
Now we are waiting for the presentation of the new generation of one of Google’s most popular gadgets to arrive at the end of 2022.