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I'm sorry, but what is new besides the form factor? Everybody must be upvoting this for some reason other than the fact that they can buy something colorful to

• kllrnohj 11y ago
  802.11ac (2.4GHz/5Ghz). Aka, fixing the biggest issue with the old one. And also chromecast audio, which is new.
• simoncion 11y ago
  802.11ac support? Edit: See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10298026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10298026
• rkuykendall-com 11y ago
  > I'm sorry, but what is new besides the form factor? That's actually WHY I found this really interesting. A slight change to the form factor for easier connection to some TVs is all they changed. No features only this model can use. New features every day coming to both models. That means they got it right on gen 1, which is absolutely incredible.
  • simoncion 11y ago
    What new features are coming "every day" to the Chromecast? Other than new software written for the thing, and bug fixes, I've noticed 0 new features [0] over the year+ I've owned mine. (I would really like to be able to load an ICC profile into the thing. I have a nice, but wide-gamut monitor that would become my Chromecast's new best friend.) [0] Edit: I guess you can set your own wallpaper and slideshows now? So, make that one new -not really useful- feature that I've seen over the year+ that I've owned the thing.