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TL;DR
- Google Residence app replace reveals a mysterious new gadget codenamed “YTD.”
- “YTD” is handled like a Chromecast with Google TV, not like different third-party units.
- This hints at a possible new Chromecast with Google TV within the works, however particulars and launch date stay unknown.
Leaks have been hinting towards Google engaged on a brand new Chromecast with Google TV gadget. And yet one more reference was lately found within the newest Google Residence app replace.
The invention was made by 9to5Google in an APK teardown of the Google Residence app. The outlet observed that Google added a number of new fashions to the interior record of Google Solid-compatible units. Amongst them, three have been labeled as JBL Authentics audio system that have been launched final 12 months. Nonetheless, one gadget, “YTD,” remained unknown and intriguing.
An APK teardown helps predict options that will arrive on a service sooner or later primarily based on work-in-progress code. Nonetheless, it’s attainable that such predicted options might not make it to a public launch.
The publication confirmed that Google Residence treats “YTD” as a Chromecast gadget, not as a Google TV gadget from a third-party producer. This means that “YTD” may very well be a brand new Chromecast with Google TV gadget that Google is growing. The gadget is listed alongside the present HD and 4K fashions of Chromecast with Google TV.
It’s possible you’ll do not forget that earlier within the 12 months, a tool with the codename “YTC” appeared within the app’s code. YTC was even explicitly known as a “Chromecast with Google TV.” Nonetheless, this gadget by no means materialized. It ought to be famous that the unique mannequin was known as “YTV,” and the HD mannequin as “YTB.”
Chromecast with Google TV units run on Google TV, a revamped model of Android TV. In contrast to the earlier Chromecast fashions that required a cellphone or pill to regulate them or forged content material, Chromecast with Google TV units include a distant and a person interface that permits you to browse and play content material from varied apps and providers, very like different streaming units.
It’s nonetheless unclear whether or not “YTD” is certainly a brand new Chromecast with Google TV gadget, and in that case, when will probably be launched. It’s attainable that Google is simply testing a prototype or a variant of the present dongle and that it might by no means see the sunshine of day. Nonetheless, we haven’t seen a brand new 4K Chromecast gadget since 2020, and a brand new Chromecast gadget with improved specs and options can be extremely welcome. Till Google formally declares something, we will solely speculate and hope for the perfect.