> runs Android TV, has a usable remote You haven't been left behind. You've already made the transition. In the old paradigm, the Chromecast was not the start

> runs Android TV, has a usable remote You haven't been left behind. You've already made the transition. In the old paradigm, the Chromecast was not the starting point for TV watching. Some other device, typically a smartphone, was. That's why the old Chromecasts did not include a remote control or have a home screen. In the new paradigm, the Chromecast is the starting point. It has a remote. You can install apps on it, and it has a home screen to launch them from. The first device of the new paradigm was still called a Chromecast, even though casting was no longer the core functionality. Now the brand is being made more consistent with what the devices in the new paradigm actually do.