Under your recommendations row you’ll find the roster of apps you added on setup, and then various rows sorted into genres like ‘Adventure Films’ and ‘Crime Shows’. In fairness, the recommendations will probably get better with time, but we didn’t find them all that useful right now. The rest was a bizarre selection of incredibly mediocre films we’d either seen or have no intention of watching because life is too short. A 24-year-old film which is mostly famous for having a still-functioning Alta Vista-era website. Our list started well enough with The Right Stuff remake (already watching it on Disney+, thanks Google!), but then next on the list was Space Jam on Netflix. The ‘For You’ tab is your home screen and offers up personalised recommendations from across your subscriptions based on what you like. The idea is that films and TV episodes from all your favourite apps and subscriptions are cobbled together in one place, which is really quite useful. Now that the Chromecast has a remote, it needs an on-screen interface to to go with it, and that’s where the new Google TV "entertainment experience" comes in. Nearly half of the Chromecast’s plastic mechanical parts are made from recycled plastic so you can feel like an eco warrior even when you’re horizontal on the sofa stuffing Monster Munch into your gob. A tiny LED light near the foot of the remote lights up when the microphone is activated. There’s also a volume rocker on the side. You’ll find dedicated buttons for YouTube, Netflix and the search function, along with the usual navigation ring and select button in the centre. The remote looks a little less premium than the Chromecast itself but it does the job. Powered by 2xAAA batteries, it’s small and sleek, similar to a Roku remote, and it matches the colour of the main Chromecast unit. The real news here is the new remote control which was, totally unsurprisingly, the most requested feature by users of the old models. The bendy HDMI connector means it’s easy to plug into your telly, even if it’s really close to the wall. Not that any of this really matters because when you plug it into the back of your TV no one will see it anyway. The updated pebble-like design is pretty slick, giving the Chromecast a silky premium look and feel. That’s white, blue or pink to the rest of us. For those with illusions of grandeur, the new Chromecast comes in Snow, Sky, or Sunrise.
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