Google’s 4K Streamer Just Got Its First Price Cut, and It’s Almost Too Low to Believe

The streaming device competition gained a new entrant just a few months ago when the Google 4K TV Streamer debuted, replacing the relatively shortlived Chromecast with Google TV dongle. Google pitched the TV Streamer as a big improvement over the Chromecast, and so far that seems to be right on the money. The Google TV Streamer is also right for the money during Amazon’s limited-time 21% off deal that drops the price lower than ever to just $79. The only discouraging words to greet the Google 4K TV Streamer when it dropped last September were that it was twice the price of the $50 Chromecast dongle. But the superiority of the TV Streamer’s performance and features soon quieted the naysayers, and with this sale the TV Streamer’s price is moving back into the neighborhood of the Chromecast. See at Amazon So Long, Streaming Stick While the Chromecast with Google TV was a decent performer, it was just a no-frills streaming stick, and Google decided it was time to up its streaming game. ... Read full article.