{"id":53508,"date":"2022-08-23T04:54:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T04:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chromecast-with-google-tv-update-fixes-performance-storage\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T04:54:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T04:54:27","slug":"chromecast-with-google-tv-update-fixes-performance-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chromecast-with-google-tv-update-fixes-performance-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Chromecast with Google TV update fixes performance, storage"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Chromecast with Google TV launched to mostly positive feedback, but the product has since been hit by performance and, even more so, storage problems. Now, a new update is working to address both of these concerns. <\/p>\n
Google is today announcing a new update for the Chromecast with Google TV and other Google TV devices that will address the two core problems with the Chromecast and the platform as a whole \u2013 storage and performance.<\/p>\n
Storage issues on the Chromecast with Google TV have been widely known for quite some time. Just months after launch, our Kyle Bradshaw commented that he could no longer install apps on his Chromecast due to the limited 8GB of storage space, only 4GB of which is available to the user. Performance, meanwhile, has never been quite ideal, as we noted in our review:<\/p>\n
\nThe performance here is what I’d called adequate. It’s not impressive by any measurement, but it runs relatively smooth without any major hiccups\u2026 Where I really saw a bottleneck in Chromecast’s performance was with the Google TV homescreen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Now, Google is at least trying to address these hardware problems through some software solutions. <\/p>\n
Starting with storage, Google is highlighting a new \u201cFree up space\u201d button in Google TV’s settings menu. This first appeared on Chromecast with Google TV last year, but it’s now expanding to smart TVs running Google TV.<\/p>\n