when the GEN 1 came out t was a must have, it offer the opprotunity to make any TV with HDMI to become a smart TV. This at the time saved Hundreds $ $ $ $, of the cost of purchasing a dedicated smart TV. In the way of limitations it would be great if it could be used with out the need of a network.

Was tempted by AppleTV but kept getting suggestions of Chromecast and haven’t regretted it. Works with all our devices, and can be compatible with non Chrome usage with correct tech support. Much much cheaper and works brilliantly, allowing casting of what you choose rather than mirroring of whole screens so the casting device can still be multifunctional. Great buy!

there are so many things connected to the TV, and this is the only one that connected without any trouble or hard reading into the manual. we cast Stan and video from mobile phones.
just in a few times it had error in the connection and have to recast again.

Works well with youtube. My kids send the videos via their tablets and it is quite stable. Out internet do not seem to stream netflix as well and does paise to reload quite often. Think that is more an internet issue than anything to do with the chrome cast itself.

Hi I bought this last week. It is easy to use and compatible with my two smart phones. I can watch movies from YouTube, net flix and other apps. But the only problem is you can’t stream through internet browser. So I’m giving it 4 stars out of 5. Cheers

This is a great tool for those people who needed to "smart" up their old TV.
I bought this for my parents and their old TV suddenly became smart.
Cheap and good option if you want to use Youtube, Netflix without paying for a new TV.
Only catch is that the Internet speed better be good.. :)

Turns an old TV into a Smart TV. Good quality, easy to use, quick and easy to set up.

We use the Google Chromecast to play many different things - Netflix / Catch-up TV / YouTube etc, as well as screen mirroring from whatever device we want to play from - Mobile phone / Tablet / Laptop / PC. It's important to keep in mind that this device can only receive video that is cast to it, or is mirrored from another device - it can't play shared network files by itself.

It is powered by a USB cable, so if your TV has it, you can just power it with the TV's on-board USB port. Makes setup very simple.

The Google Chromecast is a quick, easy and cheap upgrade to a tired old TV

Best invention of the decade in my humble opinion, and has revolutionised the way we watch TV. If you don't have it yet, you're not doing TV right and you're undoubtedly missing out. Only issue is not a google chromecast one, but rather a TV networks one (like Channel 7 and not making their alternative Winter Olympics app viewings compatible with the device).

I brought 2nd gen chromecast because 1st generation having some lagging while using other screen as a monitor, but there is only very little improvement in terms of speed. Overall if you have 1st generation device , don't buy this, streaming almost has the same speed. Design wise this is better, its now a round shape and magnetic effect is also added so that it can easily fit behind the television. Overall Its good to buy in-case you don't have first the generation chromecast.

For someone that use to use a fetch-tv box to cast devices media music and Netflix on this is quite a upgrade no more big chunky cables no big box no doggy Firmwere just plug it in set it up and cast simple. easy to set up the small sized hides its self away behind my TV. the only bad thing in my opinion is price.

You staying in a hotel with wifi, nothing on the telly, plug this into the hotel TV and you can all watch netflix on the telly. Its great.
Allows you to send things from your tablet, laptop, PC phone on to your tv making it available for all the family to share.

Purchased one of these a about a month ago, and figured that if it worked as promised then it would be ideal and would make life a lot easier to stream. After using it for about a month we've found it to be a bit fiddly. When it works it's great, but sometimes it will hang or get stuck, not projecting the stream from the mobile phone to the TV. We've resolved this most of the time by shutting down the app, but everyone and then the phone needs to be turned off before it will work. Overall, more convenient than turning on the laptop and plugging it in, or using the "smart tv" functionality

This little gadget is easy to use and does everything that is promised. I paired it up with a Google Home and wow, it has changed how I do everything at home. You don't notice it at all once it's in the TV at all so it's like a 'set and forget' kind of situation. Then everything seems to magically just work. It's a cheap extension you can add to almost any tv that will give an old tv new life. I recommend it and it's a great gift!

Purchased this product for my father's Birthday. He loved it. Uses it all the time to stream all the YouTube videos his heart desires. I decided to buy one also and it was one was the best purchases I have ever made. You can stream whatever you like from your computer onto the TV, which is super useful.

hi brought this for 49$ from office works 6 months ago man this thing is so great good by smart tv every now and then you have got to reboot the chrome cast apart from that’s i love this thing very easy to use have got 2 of these things

I don't have a smart TV at home, I got this product as a gift from friends, however, I love it since the first time I use it. I am using it for Youtube streaming and the requirement for the bandwidth to stream high quality video is minimal as compared to other products.

I bought this earlier this year after realising my TV was very out of date. It was easy enough to install but I had to make sure my wifi signal was at it's strongest to be successful. Streaming quality is near flawless and content OK (I use youtube and netflix currently)

I used to have the google chrome cast first generation. I didn't like it because it used to freeze the image a lot. This second generation is much better. I've had for a week and I can watch all the movies, youtube and tv series and it runs very well. I’ve been enjoying this product.