I really like discovering offers on units that pull double responsibility, because it feels prefer it’s stretching my greenback even additional. That’s why Google’s discounted TV Streamer (4K) caught my consideration this week. It’s not only a highly effective streaming machine but in addition an important good dwelling hub — one you may at present seize from Amazon, Walmart, Finest Purchase, and Google for round $84 ($16 off), which is simply $5 shy of its lowest value so far.
Google’s newest set-top field is a transparent improve over the corporate’s prior streaming dongle, the Chromecast with Google TV. It continues to run on the corporate’s intuitive Google TV software program and helps each Dolby Imaginative and prescient and Dolby Atmos, whereas providing entry to a big selection of streaming apps. Nevertheless, underneath the hood, it packs twice as a lot RAM and 4 occasions the quantity of storage. The included distant additionally includes a new customizable shortcut button, and now you can use the field itself to ping your distant when you may’t discover it.
However what actually units the streaming machine aside is what it does past streaming. It doubles as a wonderful good dwelling hub with assist for Matter, Thread, and Google Assistant voice controls by way of the distant. It additionally includes a built-in ethernet port for dependable connectivity and a brand new good dwelling panel, which helps you to management appropriate good dwelling units, akin to lights and thermostats, immediately out of your display screen. You possibly can even use it to view reside digicam feeds in your TV and pull up a livestream when somebody rings your video doorbell.