For months we have known that Google is preparing important changes to its Chromecast, with the launch of new generations, which we greatly fear will occur over the next week. But it seems that an unexpected competitor has beaten them to it, which has adopted one of the most important innovations expected in the remote controls of future devices with Google TV. And it is the retail giant Walmart that has come forward with a device that already integrates that button.
A magic Google button
The new device, which has not yet been launched on the market, has already fallen into the hands of a media outlet, AFTVnews, which has obtained it and has shown us a new button that had been leaked in some schemes, and that can even be seen in the photos they have shared of the new device. The button is located at the top right of the remote control of this device.
The most interesting thing about this new button is that its operation can be completely customized, since we can program the actions that will be executed when pressing it. So we have the possibility of adding a new shortcut for any app that we usually use on the device, and unlike some well-known streaming platforms, it does not have its own button on the controller.
This button It had been seen in documentation related to future Chromecasts, which will precisely have this new button as well. This new Walmart device is called Onn 4K Prowhich is a device with Google TV as the operating system, and which is the store’s alternative to Chromecast or Fire TV, so it is undoubtedly surprising to see this new button when not even Apple has launched its own proposal.
This button had been seen since 2020, in different forms, from the users themselves. Chromecast marketing materialswhich did not end up crystallizing, and even in the Google TV code, which has contemplated the use of this new button from the remote control, which is now real for the first time.
Of course, there is still the possibility that Google will be the first to launch this new remote with the exclusive button, and not Walmart. And the device in the store is not for sale at the moment, and has simply been leaked. Of course, next week the Google I/O, and that means that it is very likely that we will then meet a new generation of the Chromecast 4K with Google TV. And now, the new remote control with the customizable button, which has been talked about so much in recent years, is released. The one from Walmart also seems about to hit the market, although it is logical that it will do so right after the devices that Google will launch next week.
