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Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

An overhead image of the Chromecast with Google TV HD and its remote on a wooden table.
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge

Google is done making Chromecasts. In a post on Tuesday, Google says it’s “ending production of Chromecast” after over a decade of selling the streaming dongles.

Even though Chromecast devices will now be available “while supplies last,” Google says it will continue to push software and security updates to its newer devices without specifying which ones. The most recent update to the lineup was the Chromecast with Google TV released in 2022.

But now, Google says “technology has evolved dramatically” since the launch of the original Chromecast in 2013. “We invested heavily in embedding Google Cast technology into millions of TV devices, including Android TV,” Google writes. “We are taking the next step in evolving how streaming TV devices…

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