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Google TV Streamer review: smarter than your average set-top box
Google’s TV Streamer is the perfect marriage of smart home and smart TV.
I don’t mind that Google switched from dongle to box — I’m happy to have made that trade for the Streamer’s ethernet port and smart home controls, plus the really handy button that pings your remote when it’s lost in the couch — but there’s a reason virtually all TV gadgets are black. The redesigned remote is larger than the Chromecast with Google TV counterpart and features a new mappable button (bottom right) that can either call up the smart home panel, switch inputs, or be used to summon a favorite app. The panel, which first appeared on Google’s Pixel Tablet(which should have been a smart home hub but isn’t), pops up on your TV screen to offer shortcuts to turn off lights or view your cameras with the press of a button.
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