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      Jury orders Google to pay $339M for patent-infringing Chromecast

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Monday, 24 July, 2023 - 21:02

    Google Chromecast with Google TV.

    Enlarge / Google Chromecast with Google TV. (credit: Google)

    Google Chromecast infringed upon three patents of Touchstream Technologies, Inc. and should pay $338.7 million in damages, a Western District of Texas jury decided on Friday, as reported by Law360 .

    The verdict [PDF ] shows the jury agreeing with Touchstream's allegations that Google violated patents 8,356,251 , 8,782,528 , and 8,904,289 (Touchstream Technologies Inc. v. Google LLC, case number 6:21-cv-00569 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas).

    The ruling comes after Touchstream filed a complaint in June 2021 claiming that it met with Google in December 2011 and was told that the tech giant wasn't interested in partnering with it in February 2012. Google then released Chromecast in 2013. The complaint points to the first Chromecast and the second and third generations, Chromecast Ultra and Chromecast with Google TV, as well as other Chromecast-integrated products, as infringements of Touchstream patents.

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      Comment caster son téléphone Android ou son iPhone à sa TV

      news.movim.eu / Numerama · Wednesday, 3 May, 2023 - 18:18

    Avec un téléphone Android ou un iPhone (iOS), il existe divers moyens d'afficher (« caster ») l'écran du smartphone sur un téléviseur, sans fil ou avec des câbles. Les plus évidents sont AirPlay et Chromecast. Voici notre guide pour profiter de tous les contenus audio, vidéo et en streaming de votre smartphone (ou de votre tablette) sur votre TV. [Lire la suite]

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      Netflix’s ad-supported plan doesn’t work on Apple TV, “older” Chromecasts, PS3

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 4 November, 2022 - 16:22 · 1 minute

    A person's hand holding a TV remote control with a Netflix button.

    Enlarge / Most smart TVs should work with Netflix's new ad-supported plan. Somehow, it's far more powerful, newer devices that may have issues. And the PS3. (credit: Getty Images | Christopher Ames )

    Netflix's newest offering, a $7-per-month "Basic with Ads" plan, comes with inherent compromises : five minutes of ads per hour, one device at a time, no downloads, 720p resolution, and some unavailable content. But there are also a number of device compatibility issues, including on brand-new devices.

    On Netflix's help center page for people encountering the error "Basic with Ads is not supported," Netflix notes that "Basic with Ads isn't supported on Apple TV ." "You'll need to upgrade your Netflix plan to the Basic, Standard, or Premium plan," Netflix advises, or else "use a different device." That last bit links to Netflix's list of officially supported devices , which unhelpfully shows an Apple TV logo with no footnotes or other details about its limitations. Netflix told 9to5 Mac in a statement that Apple TV support is "coming soon."

    The same is true for any Chromecast except the newest model, Chromecast with Google TV . "Basic with Ads is supported only on Chromecast with Google TV," Netflix states, meaning that any model bought before September 2022—like the 4K version Google sold until then— is out of luck.

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      Le meilleur Chromecast est actuellement à moins de 50 €

      news.movim.eu / Numerama · Monday, 17 October, 2022 - 14:01

    [Deal du jour] Le Chromecast avec Google TV version 4K n'est pas souvent en promotion. Alors que Google commercialise un nouveau Chromecast entrée de gamme, il est parfois difficile de savoir lequel convient le plus à nos besoins. Avec cette promotion, le Chromecast 4K devient pour le coup très abordable. [Lire la suite]

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      Rarement en promotion, le Google Chromecast avec Google TV (4K) est à moins de 50 euros

      news.movim.eu / Numerama · Monday, 3 October, 2022 - 09:20

    [Deal du jour] Google vient de commercialiser son tout nouveau Chromecast, Full HD uniquement. Une alternative d'entrée de gamme au Chromecast avec Google TV version 4K. Rarement en promotion, le modèle 4K est actuellement à moins de 50 € et devient pour le coup très intéressant. [Lire la suite]

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      The new Chromecast is official: It’s $30, runs Google TV, and has a remote

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 22 September, 2022 - 16:14 · 1 minute

    The new HD Chromecast. It only comes in white.

    Enlarge / The new HD Chromecast. It only comes in white. (credit: Google)

    Google's 4-year-old base model Chromecast is getting a big upgrade. Today, Google made that rumored Google TV pivot official and introduced the "Chromecast with Google TV (HD)." The original 4K, $49.99 version of the Chromecast with Google TV was announced in 2020, and now when you go to check out in the Google Store, there's a "screen resolution" option for "4K" (still $49.99) or the new "HD" version for $29.99.

    So that's one store listing with two different sizes, which communicates that these two devices have only minor differences. They look the same, they have the same remote, and they run the same software. Google TV is Google's new version of Android TV and represents a major upgrade in capabilities for the Chromecast. The initial versions were dead-simple streaming sticks that were only able to receive content from a phone and had no UI themselves. The Chromecast with Google TV is a full TV OS, with a home screen, Play Store access, user accounts, and scrolling lists of apps, games, and content. If you aren't interested in any of that, the Google TV still acts exactly like the Chromecast did when you press a Chromecast button in an app. It can still receive a media stream, turn on the TV, and start playing, all without needing to find the remote.

    Just like the 4K version, the HD Chromecast with Google TV supports 802.11ac (aka Wi-Fi 5) and uses a USB-C port for power. Google hasn't posted a full spec sheet but confirms the dongle only has 1.5GB of RAM , while the 4K version has 2GB. Earlier reports of this indicated that it used an Amlogic S805X2 SoC (12nm, four Cortex A35 cores), which would give it the interesting wrinkle of supporting Google's new AV1 video codec , something that is missing from the 4K version.

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      Chromecast avec Google TV : un nouveau modèle HD et abordable

      news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Thursday, 22 September, 2022 - 15:45

    chromecast-google-tv-hd-dispo-158x105.jpg Chromecast avec Google TV HD

    Google vient discrètement de lancer un nouveau Chromecast avec Google TV. Il se distingue en se limitant à du Full HD (1080p) et par un tarif bien plus accessible que celui du modèle haut de gamme.

    Chromecast avec Google TV : un nouveau modèle HD et abordable

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      The cheap Chromecast is rumored to also upgrade to Google TV

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 8 September, 2022 - 17:21

    Pictures of the new Chromecast.

    Enlarge / The $50 Chromecast with Google TV. It comes in colors. (credit: Google )

    The base-model $30 Chromecast is 4 years old at this point, so it's probably time for an upgrade. The usually reliable WinFuture has gotten wind that a new Chromecast launch should be happening any day, saying that a new device is already landing in dealer inventory systems.

    The report says that the "Google G454V," which hit the Federal Communications Commission a few months ago, is a 1080p streaming device that runs Google TV. In Europe, the device has a price of "around 40 euro" which would slot it in below the existing "Chromecast with Google TV," which is 69.99 euro.

    A new Chromecast makes a ton of sense. Besides being pretty old for a piece of technology, Google upended the Chromecast formula when it launched the high-end, 4K " Chromecast with Google TV " in 2020. The Chromecast changed from a dead-simple, zero-interface media receiver to having a full-blown TV OS with a remote control, an app store, and onboard storage. With that big shift came a change in operating systems: "Google TV" means it's running Android, while the current entry-level Chromecast runs the cast OS.

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      Le Chromecast avec Google TV est à son meilleur prix pour Prime Day

      news.movim.eu / JournalDuGeek · Tuesday, 12 July, 2022 - 15:20

    chromecast-google-tv-158x105.jpg Chromecast Google TV

    La dernière génération de Chromecast de Google est actuellement en promotion pendant les Prime Days d'Amazon.

    Le Chromecast avec Google TV est à son meilleur prix pour Prime Day