Chromecast: All advantages at a glance

With Chromecast, you can send videos from your computer, smartphone or tablet to your TV. In this article we explain exactly what advantages the stick offers.

Chromcast: These are the advantages

• The Chromecast dongle is a very cheap solution with 35 euros.
• Google is constantly improving its stick in order to be able to offer even more streaming options with Chromecast in the future.
• The streaming stick is easy to use and compatible with many devices: The stick can be connected directly to the TV via HDMI and controlled via any smartphone or tablet with iOS or Android. You can also stream content to the stick using your computer via Google Chrome.
• A large number of video-on-demand services also work with Chromecast. So you can stream movies from the web to the TV. Amazon's streaming platform Amazon Instant Video is not compatible.
• Unlike some other devices, Chromecast also works with older TVs without network support.
• In our detailed comparison with the Fire TV stick, we show you all the differences from the Chromecast competitor.

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