You have several options if you’re looking for agreat streaming device. Each has access to a seemingly endless number of streaming services to watch your favorite shows and discover new ones. Since the first Chromecast with Google TV 4K arrived on the scene in September 2020 and theChromecast with Google TV (HD)in September 2022, the products have been at the top of our recommendation lists.
We didn’t get a new streaming device at the Made by Google event on August 10, 2025, as we had hoped. Despite a dearth of official announcements for a Chromecast with Google TV refresh, we have seen a few leaks and clues to keep us interested in what may be coming.
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Chromecast with Google TV (2024): Design and specs
In aJanuary 2023 news report, information was spotted in an update to theGoogle Homeapp for a potential third streaming device. The discovery was that Google refers to the Chromecast with Google TV as YTV, the HD model as YTB, and a third device as YTC. While this code name could mean several things, it follows the naming convention set by previous devices. Much of this previously reported news gained more credibility in anew finding on Jun 26, 2025, with hardware identifiers again popping up in Google Home code.
Google tends to let many details of unreleased products slip through the cracks or release them outright. That isn’t the case for the potential new streaming device. Little is known about the device’s appearance or what internal changes could be inbound. Best guesses are that a new Chromecast with Google TV could replace the original model released in 2020 with beefier specs, as that device arrived with a paltry 8GB of internal storage.
According to anApril report from 9to5Google, the upcoming Chromecast device will indeed bea replacement for the existing 4K Chromecast with Google TV. 9to5’s source says that the new model will retain the last one’s $50 price tag, but it’s not clear what internal upgrades we can expect. 9to5 posits the new Chromecast could launch with a newer Amlogic chipset, the S905X5, which would bring with it more efficient performance and AV1 support. Our fingers are still crossed for more internal storage.
There isn’t any information on whether Google plans to change the physical design of the streaming dongle. The 2020 and 2022 models look identical for the dongle and the accompanying remote. The flat, pebble-like device is offered in Snow, Sunrise, and Sky colors for the 4K option. The HD model only has a white option. What we have seen leak regarding hardware changes came in apost on X (formerly Twitter) by Mishaal Rahmanwith the information he found in anAndroid 14 beta.
Mishaal found a video that showed off a new remote control that is similar to the existing Chromecast with Google TV remote but with a few changes in a familiar shape. The current remote has two rows of three buttons in the middle, with the circular selection and navigation button at the top and then the power and input selection buttons at the bottom.
The new remote has four round buttons vertically stacked on the left side of the remote below the same selection and navigation button at the top. The right side has a single round button above a long oval button with another round button under it. Aside from the updated buttons and layout, there appears to be a new star button near the bottom where the input selection button is on the current remote.
It’s hard to say for sure what the new buttons and arrangement mean. Rahman pointed out that the new star button would get a new “magic button” customization inAndroid TV 14, allowing users to choose between opening a favorite app or changing device inputs. The long oval button could be a new volume rocker, moving the current volume controls from the side of the remote to the front with the other buttons, or it could be something else.
Chromecast with Google TV (2024): Software
There’s little info on what could be inbound for software changes on a new Chromecast with Google TV. It seems likely that a new streaming device from Google will launch with the new Android TV 14. However, we haven’t received a new streaming device from Google, and the current models have not been upgraded past Android 12. Even in thelatest update to the existing Chromecast with Google TV, it only got a bump in the security patch to the October 2023 level. It’s still unclear how many changes there will be if or when this new OS version arrives.Mishaal Rahmanfound some interesting bits while digging around in the software.
In the Android TV 14 beta, Rahman found new options for video playback and the ability to receive call notifications on the Android TV device. This is beta software, and nothing is official. Taking a call through your TV could be helpful in some situations. Your television’s speakers would handle audio, and you’d likely use the microphone in the remote you typically use to access your Google Assistant.
You can expect a few other software changes if Google releases a new Chromecast with Google TV. These changes have begun rolling out to the platform. One change is theexpansion of live TV channels, which was announced at the end of August 2023. This update brought an additional 27 channels to Google TV, for a total of 104 live channel choices. These channels are accessible without downloading additional apps and live within the Live tab on your home screen.
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The other change announced for the platform is theend of the Google Play Movies and TV app. This is where users have found new movies and TV shows to buy and rent for years. The app was shut down on July 06, 2025. Moving forward, you’ll find your purchases and rentals in the Library tab at the top of your Google TV home screen.
Chromecast with Google TV (2024): Price and release date
While we previously believed the upcoming Chromecast model might have brought some much-needed competition to the high-end streaming space, recent reporting from 9to5Google suggests that the next Chromecast with Google TV will be a one-for-one replacement for the existing 4K version, launching at the same $50 price point.
We don’t have firm information about a release date yet, but 9to5 reports that Google is “getting ready to launch” the new device. Given the nature of the leaks we’ve seen recently, it seems likely we’ll see a reveal for the new Chromecast this year, possibly at I/O or a yet-unnanounced fall hardware event where we expect to see the Pixel 9 series.
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Hopefully, Google won’t leave us hanging and will drop a new Chromecast with Google TV streaming device sooner rather than later. We’ve been using the 4K and HD models for years. While we’d like them to be a bit snappier in the performance column along with more storage so that we don’t need one of thetop USB-C hubsfor it, the devices have held up well, especially the 4K model, as it’s now over three and a half years old.
