Google has issued a public statement confirming the company will continue to support many of its legacy Chromecast with Google TV devices, one day after some technology blogs picked up on an erroneous support page that claimed support for those devices was ending.
In a statement on Friday, a spokesperson for Google said older devices like the Chromecast Audio, Chromecast Ultra and ultra high-definition (4K) model of the Chromecast with Google TV were no longer officially supported, an indication that the devices were set to lose software and security updates.
The website 9to5Google was the first to report on the matter, and other technology blogs quickly picked up on the story. As written, the situation made it seem like Google was pulling the plug on many Chromecast and Google TV devices that are otherwise perfectly fine and which continue to be used by streamers in the United States and other parts of the world.
The original 9to5Google story indicated something might be amiss when the blog noted that a different Google support page did not list the models that were purported to lose support. Ultimately, a Google spokesperson clarified that the support page was updated incorrectly, and that legacy Chromecast devices will continue receiving critical security updates for the foreseeable future.
“Google is not ending support for Google Chromecasts and the support page has since been updated with the latest and most accurate information,” the Google spokesperson said.
Google stopped selling its low-cost Chromecast with Google TV dongles early last year as the company shifted its consumer electronics focus toward higher-end, higher-cost devices. To that end, Google now sells just one Google TV device — the Google TV Streamer, priced at $100 but occasionally discontinued for as little as $75.
While the Google TV dongles were intended to bring more streaming households into the Android TV experience, the Google TV Streamer is meant to transform the living room TV set into a fully-fledged smart home hub, complete with Google Assistant and Gemini integrations. The Google TV Streamer was one of the first devices to receive Gemini, which allows users to create artificial intelligence-generated artwork and use natural language to search for things on the web in addition to remedial tasks like starting a YouTube video or shutting off a room’s smart lights.
Google continues to support the integration of Gemini into other devices, including its older Chromecast with Google TV dongles, which began receiving Gemini updates in recent weeks. Gemini is also available on Walmart’s low-cost Google TV devices sold under the Onn brand, which cost anywhere from $20 to $60.
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