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Google’s next streaming player looks nothing like the Chromecast

Google is moving away from the HDMI dongle design.

Google is seemingly about to move on from the HDMI dongle design of all its past streaming devices in favor of a more conventional set-top box. I’ve been waiting for Google to build a more powerful streaming player that could be a formidable competitor to the Apple TV 4K. The Chromecast with Google TV, introduced back in 2020, never quite got there and left the Nvidia Shield as the best alternative in terms of performance.

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