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The powerful Nvidia Shield TV dongle gets a rare discount
Perhaps the best tube you'll have in your house?
What remains to be one of smart TV's most versatile dongle is on sale: Nvidia's Shield TV is worth getting if you want to fully enjoy watching the shows and movies you want and especially at this price.
Get a Chromecast with Google TV for its lowest price yet and score a free month of Sling TV
That's our angle to this deal and we're sticking with it
Looking for a new TV dongle? Maybe you'll want to pair that up with a new TV provider? Then you should give Sling TV's deal for a Chromecast with Google TV a look.
Anker's new Nebula 4K Android TV dongle makes a surprise debut on Amazon
It's pretty pricey for a basic dongle, but the remote is worth a look
Anker continues to expand its budget electronics offerings. The company already makes a series of projectors under its Nebula brand, and now it's expanding into set-top boxes. The Nebula Android TV Dongle is a video streaming dongle that runs Android TV (aren't you glad we're here to cut through this technical jargon?). It's shipping from Amazon today for $89.99.Stephen wants me to point out that this isn't technically a dongle, since it plugs in with a standard HDMI cable. It's more of a tiny streaming box. But that's what Anker calls it, sooooo whatever.That's a surprising premium over, say, the Chromecast with Google TV, especially since Anker isn't actually using Google TV — it has the vanilla Android TV interface. It's especially pricey given that it's using the same 8GB of storage for apps and games, with 2GB of RAM to keep them running smoothly.
Hyper's slick-looking USB-C docks are guaranteed to work with your Chromebook
Who says you can't use a Chromebook in your battlestation?
Chrome OS has had a meteoric rise in popularity, especially since cheap and easy laptops have been in such high demand lately. But they still get the short end of the stick when it comes to accessories: users generally have to hope that Google's done a good job making generic drivers for devices designed for Windows PCs. Hyper is bucking that trend with a series of sleek aluminum USB-C docks and dongles certified with the "Made for Chromebook" branding.
The new Chromecast with Google TV will get an Ethernet adapter, but it will cost $20
Google promises a similar option to the Chromecast Ultra's adapter
Most people use media streaming devices with regular Wi-Fi connections, but as 4K video and cloud gaming become more popular, wired internet is always a good option to have. There was some concern that the upcoming Chromecast with Google TV dongle wouldn't support Ethernet at all, but Google has now confirmed it will — with a catch.
You can buy the new Chromecast with Google TV at select Walmarts already
$50 at a handful of locations
Walmart continues to jump the gun on Google's announcements. Not only is the retailer tossing Nest Audio smart speakers on the show floor before they've been announced, but you can actually go out right now and buy one of Google's upcoming Chromecast with Google TV dongles for $50 at some Walmart locations.
Here are the first official photos of the Google TV Chromecast and remote
Sabrina steps into the spotlight
It's been a while since Google refreshed its Chromecast lineup, but the time is almost upon us. We've known about Sabrina for months, and details about branding, launch price, and the likely release date have been revealed. Now official product photography of the upcoming TV dongle and remote has leaked, and I like what I see.
Google's dongle salaciously exposed in Android TV 11 preview
Yet another look at the upcoming Android TV dongle dubbed Sabrina
Ever since shadowy reports about Sabrina, Google's upcoming TV dongle, surfaced earlier this year, we've been waiting with bated breath to see what Google's new vision for living room entertainment is going to look like. A leaked firmware image gave us some possible specs, and a bunch of new details, including a video of the dongle and its remote, leaked a few weeks ago. Now with the release of the Android 11 preview for Android TV, we're getting yet another glimpse of Sabrina, helping to further clarify our expectations.
Weekend poll: Are you interested in Google's 'Sabrina' Android TV dongle?
Its early days, but has it caught your eye or your ire?
Last week, our friends at XDA Developers dug up a treasure trove of details surrounding the upcoming Android TV-powered dongle long-rumored to be in development at Google. Beyond showing us what it and its included remote might look like, together with a handful of specs, we also got our first glimpse at the Android TV redesign it could ship with. Of course, you can't buy one yet, but are you already thinking about picking one up?
With Android 10 recently launching for Pixel phones and trickling down to third party OEMs, there are now signs that Android TV 10 may be right around the corner.
The Galaxy Note10 is almost certain to be the first generation in the series to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack. We've been told by our sources that Samsung will include a pair of AKG USB-C earbuds with every purchase to make up for the loss. It's also been said that dongles could also be in play here and, thanks to a leak, we're able to eye out what that dongle looks like.
The OnePlus 7 Pro is (by most accounts) an excellent phone, but there are still shortcomings. Like most flagship smartphones these days, it doesn't have a headphone jack, but OnePlus has also decided not to include a Type-C adapter in the box. To make matters worse, the company has taken a page out of Apple's playbook and nearly doubled the price of the official adapter.The OnePlus Type-C to 3.5mm adapter was initially released last year, to coincide with the launch of the 6T. If you lost the dongle included in the 6T's box, you could buy one from OnePlus' store for $8 (before taxes and shipping, of course). Following the release of the 7 Pro, the price was quietly raised to $12.95 in the United States.
The loss of the headphone jack on the Pixel lineup meant there was no way to use wired headphones and charge your phone at the same time. While there are plenty of goofy-looking adapters for the iPhone that give you a headphone jack with power pass-through, no such adapter has been available for Type-C Android phones - at least not any that worked well.Moshi, an accessory company, tried to make one such adapter last year for the Pixel 2. It received poor reviews on Amazon, with many buyers citing issues with audio static and charging speeds, and the Google Store listing was pulled earlier this year. Moshi is now back with a second-generation adapter, which is already available from the Google Store and Moshi's website.
The OnePlus 6T won't have a headphone jack, OnePlus CEO Carl Pei confirmed in an interview with TechRadar. The reason Pei gave is one we've heard before: saving space inside the device. That saved space, in this case, will be occupied by a larger battery and an in-display fingerprint reader.
Google got in the headphone dongle business when the Pixel 2 infamously axed the 3.5 millimeter headphone jack after Google made a big to-do about Apple's recent iPhone's doing the same thing in its reveal of the original Pixel the preceding year. The company has now quietly refreshed its headphone adapter, with its listing on the Google Store claiming the improved dongle provides 53 percent lower latency and 38 percent longer playback time than its predecessor.
Unfortunately, the trend of removing headphone jacks from smartphones isn't ending anytime soon. Sony revealed its new flagship devices at Mobile World Congress last month, and among other major changes, there is no headphone jack to be found. Sony will include an adapter with those phones, but if you need to charge and listen at the same time, the company is more than happy to sell you a more complicated (yet still terrible) dongle.
Usually, we aren't too into Kickstarter stuff here at AP. No small number of crowdfunded endeavors have failed to materialize in the past, and too many of them are merely rebadged OEM goods. But in this brave new dongle-filled world, the HyperDrive has caught our eye. It's a combo USB-C hub, Qi charger, and phone stand all in one. And, unlike many Kickstarter promises, this one has already hit its funding goal.
As you might have already heard, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL don't have headphone jacks. It's disappointing, yes, but Google has a solution if you need to charge and listen to your tunes at the same time. The only problem: it's a $44.95 solution, and you'll have this giant dongle hanging off of your shiny new phone.This isn't the first time we've seen an adapter of this nature for a phone; similar ones exist for the iPhone 7. If you want to charge and listen to music over wired headphones at the same time, this one, made by Moshi, is pretty much your only option. At least it looks nice, with its aluminum construction and reinforced connector areas. But at $44.95, it might just be worth it to buy a new set of Bluetooth earphones for this purpose alone, unless you're just extremely averse to Bluetooth's sound quality. It's worth noting that a regular USB-C to 3.5mm adapter comes in the box of every Pixel 2, and new ones can be purchased for $20.From a quick look on Amazon, there are a few USB-C to 3.5mm/USB-C adapters that are supposed to accomplish the same thing, but they're all between $8 and $15 and have horrible reviews. You can wait for more reputable third-party manufacturers to make some, but if you're impatient and just have to have your music through wires while juicing your phone up, here you go.Source: Google Store
Two of Amazon's 2017 additions to its popular Fire TV lineup have been leaked courtesy of AFTVnews: a mid-range dongle and a flagship set-top box. Both will be capable of 4K60, and the cube-shaped one is notable because it reportedly has new built-in hardware that allow it to act as an Amazon Echo Dot when you want it to.
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- USB Type-C guru Benson Leung has informed us that the Pixel phones don't work with the adapter because they lack VESA DisplayPort Alternate Mode that is on the Pixel C and Chromebook Pixel, which means that they aren't compatible with any adapters of this sort.
Even in a world with Chromecasts and other streaming devices, it's often just easier to plug your phone directly into your TV with an HDMI cable and an adapter. Some people depend on this functionality quite a bit, and for those of you that do, it might not please you to hear that Google's Pixel smartphones will not support the company's own USB Type-C to HDMI adapter.