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- Background from Google
Our own Stephen Schenck broke his first-gen Chromecast moving the TV. This is probably why Google switched to the puck design.
It's tempting to expect new Chromecast hardware soon because new Google things come out all the time. However, Chromecasts offload so much functionality to apps and online services that they have a long shelf-life. It might be nice to get a slimmer design or a physical remote (Google, please), but I'm sure many of you have been using the same second-gen (and even first-gen) Chromecasts since launch. This is why Google has become so important in the living room.
UPDATE: 2018/07/24 12:52pm PDT BY
Background from Google
Google just posted a little background info on how the Chromecast came into being. You can hear from members of the original Chromecast team on the Google Blog.