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CNET News - Google refreshes Chromecast

2015-09-29
today we're also very happy to announce two beautiful brand new chromecast products first the new chromecast we've redesigned chromecast to bring a modern new look you'll notice the industrial design that sets the new chromecast apart from other form factors the integrated HDMI cable makes it easy for you to take it with you on the go in addition to black we're offering chromecast in two fun colors lemonade and coral the small size of the new chromecast allows for it to hide behind the TV so then it doesn't Club a clutter your living room the integrated HDMI cable makes it really easy for you to plug it into virtually any TV the new chromecast hardware delivers significantly improved Wi-Fi performance we now support dual band 2.4 and 5 gigahertz as well as 802 dot 11ac to take advantage of the latest home networking technologies we designed an entirely new adaptive antenna system which includes three very efficient antennas and an algorithm that ensures that the Wi-Fi chip is always using the best antenna at radio frequency for the changing Wi-Fi conditions in the home take a look at the data that compares the original chromecast in light blue here with competitive products of the same form factor as Wi-Fi goes from strong to weak throughput drops across all of the devices now let's add the data for the new chromecast Wi-Fi performance of the new chromecast it's significantly better across the entire range of conditions the new chromecast can sustain the flow of more data which means higher quality video and audio less buffering and a superior experience
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