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Connectivity Technology	Wi-Fi, Ethernet
Brand	Google
Supported Internet Services	YouTube, Pandora, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
Item Weight	1.6 Ounces
Item Dimensions LxWxH	2.29 x 0.53 x 2.29 inches
Control Method	App
Controller Type	Google Assistant, SmartThings

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All together now: shows, movies, live tv, youtube, and photos. All streaming on your 4k tv. From all your family’s devices
Everything you love about Chromecast and more; by using your phone, it's easy to play, pause, control the volume, and more from anywhere in your home; supported operating systems. Android 4.2 and higher, mAC os x 10.9 and higher, iOS 9.1 and higher, windows 7 and higher
Watch what you want, when you want; enjoy tv shows, movies, videos, songs, games, sports and more through over 1,000 apps like Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, prime video, HBO now and Disney plus
Make the most of your tv. With support for 4k ultra hd tvs with HDR, you can get the most out of your setup. Chromecast ultra-automatically optimizes your content for the best picture quality
Start streaming with just your voice. Works with google home, so you can stream and control content using just your voice. 3 ok google, play stranger things from Netflix

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		Google Chromecast (3rd Generation)	Fire TV Stick 4K streaming device with Alexa Voice Remote \| Dolby Vision \| 2018 release	Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote (includes TV controls) \| HD streaming device \| 2020 release	Roku Express \| HD Streaming Media Player with High Speed HDMI Cable and Simple Remote	Roku Streaming Stick+ \| HD/4K/HDR Streaming Device with Long-range Wireless and Voice Remote with TV Controls

Customer Rating	(6796)	(49713)	(586542)	(156126)	(99747)	(75944)
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Connectivity Technology	Wi-Fi, Ethernet	Supports all your wireless networks with Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4 GHz/5 GHz)	Dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi (MIMO) for faster streaming and fewer dropped connections than standard Wi-Fi. Supports 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi networks.	Dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi supports 2x2 MIMO 802.11a/b/g/n/ac	Wi-Fi	Built-in Wi-Fi
Item Dimensions	2.29 x 0.53 x 2.29 inches	2.04 x 0.54 x 2.04 inches	4.24 x 1.18 x 0.55 inches	5.59 x 1.5 x 0.63 inches	1.5 x 0.8 x 2.8 inches	3.7 x 0.8 x 0.47 inches
Item Weight	1.60 ounces	1.41 ounces	1.92 ounces	1.21 ounces	1.10 ounces	—
Model Year	2015	2015	2018	2020	2019	2017
Supported Internet Services	YouTube, Pandora, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video	YouTube, Pandora, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video	Netflix; Prime Video; Hulu; STARZ; SHOWTIME; HBO; IMDb Freedive; Pluto TV; Browse millions of websites like YouTube, Facebook, and Reddit using Firefox or Silk.	Netflix; Prime Video; YouTube, Hulu; Disney+, AppleTV+; Showtime; Starz; IMDb Tv; Pluto TV; Browse millions of websites like Facebook, and Reddit using Firefox or Silk.	Apple TV, Prime Video, Netflix, The Roku Channel, HBO, Showtime and Google Play, Hulu with Live TV	Apple TV, Prime Video, Netflix, The Roku Channel, HBO, Showtime and Google Play, Hulu with Live TV
Total HDMI Ports	1	1	1	1	1	—
Total USB Ports	0	0	—	1	—	—

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Product description

Enjoy all your favorite movies, shows, games and music plus the latest 4K content with Chromecast Ultra, a streaming device that plugs into your TV’s HDMI port. Chromecast Ultra not only streams 4K Ultra HD picture quality over your WiFi network, but also provides reliable, fast performance for less buffering.1 Use your iPhone, iPad, Android phones or tablets, Mac or Windows laptops and Chromebooks to stream from over a thousand Chromecast-enabled apps.

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Technical Details

Brand Name

Google

Item Weight

1.6 ounces

Product Dimensions

2.29 x 0.53 x 2.29 inches

Item model number

GA3A00403A14

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Color Name

Black

Additional Information

ASIN

B0157OY5EA

Customer Reviews

6,796 ratings

4.6 out of 5 stars

Date First Available

September 22, 2015

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Phone Casting Without Wifi

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2018

Verified Purchase

I got this bc I don't have WiFi. Took a while to figure out how to get it to cast onto the TV from my Android phone (Moto g5s plus) without a WiFi connection. First, turn off WiFi setting on the phone. After Chromecast plugged in, download Google Home app on the phone to connect. During setup, when ask to connect to WiFi, turn on the phone hotspot and connect to the phone hotspot instead of WiFi. After connection complete, can uninstall Google Home app and still cast via phone hotspot. Found helpful setup videos on YouTube.

427 people found this helpful

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Veit

Confusion over ethernet connection use

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2019

Verified Purchase

If you only use WiFi connection, then it's easy and you probably don't notice a very confusing limitation. This is why I only gave it a 3-star rating.
I generally prefer using hard-wired ethernet whenever possible: simple plug-and-play (no passcode), secured (only use physical connection), and faster, more reliable data transfer. That's why I chose this Ultra model, which comes with a built-in ethernet adapter. And I planned to only cast from my laptop, which has better display quality and more battery power than a mobile device. So I did not think I had to use it on WiFi at all.
The confusing thing neither I nor the Google support person (over internet chat, who gave up after advising me to reset it to factory state a few times) was aware of is about a setup limitation:
First we have to use WiFi to set it up, which allows it to start, connect to the internet, and download new software to update itself. The pre-installed SW cannot use the ethernet connection!
Also, the setup has to be initiated on a mobile device, Google no longer supports setup from a laptop/desktop.
When first powered up, the device shows on your HDMI screen a URL for "using laptop to do setup", but the link takes you to Google Play Store, which only has apps for mobile devices! There is no explanation at this website that you just cannot do it on laptop!
So, you must install the Google Home app in a mobile device (I use an Android version on my phone, and it works fine).
To start setup the Chromecast box using WiFi, do NOT plug in its ethernet cable, just HDMI-TV and power. If you began with ethernet cable connected, it starts up fine, showing no error any where, and the router log shows that it is connected to the network, getting an IP address and all. But, when you try to cast or to add the device to the Google Home mobile app, it is no where to be found, not on WiFi nor hard-wired!
So, power it up withOUT the ethernet connection first. Then start the Google Home app on your mobile device, select 'Add Device' which will begin searching for devices, and will find this ChromeCast Ultra box on WiFi. Follow on-screen instruction (both mobile device's screen and TV's via HDMI info from the Chromecast box) to do setup; giving it a name to show on available device list; allow the box to download new SW; wait for it to restart itself a couple of times (total up to 4-5 minutes) to complete all update installations.
Once it all works OK, and you can cast to it via WiFi; then powered it down. Now, plugged in the ethernet cable BEFORE connecting power back on; this time it will use the more reliable ethernet connection.
Afterward, it will then even automatically switch back and forth b/w ethernet and WiFi when only one connection is available, with ethernet being the preferred way.
Maybe the future Ultra units will come with the right SW installed, and avoid all these confusion, but those that are as old or older than mine (manufactured on 03/2019) probably all have this limitation!

311 people found this helpful

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Tanner

SMH Google

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2019

Verified Purchase

I bought this Chromecast since I had previously owned one of the first/second gen ones, but lost it. I figured, "Hey, it's got 4K and it's brand new and not much more than the lesser version." I was expecting it to work just as well as my first gen, but boy was I wrong. When I initially got the device I set it up with WIFI and it worked alright for MAYBE a week. I then decided to connect it via ethernet to give it a bit more juice for HD/4k content. This screwed the whole thing up and it became unusable. I then tried to reset the whole thing and start the set up process again. I no joke spent over half an hour trying to get the app to recognize the device only to get part way through setup and have it fail. It just wouldn't connect. (My internet is not the problem here as every other device was working just fine). After this crap I gave up and left it. A few weeks later I decided to try setting it up again and was successful in less than 30 seconds and it even realized it was connected to ethernet. We're all fixed..... right? Nope. I was able to use it again for about a day until it just wouldn't show up to cast anything to it. This has now happened over and over since the successful setup. It is absolutely mind boggling how you could take a product that I've never had any issues with, create two plus new generations, and actually back-peddle in functionality. Honestly, I have more luck casting content straight to my xbox through youtube than I do on Google's own device. That is just unacceptable. PLEASE do not waste your money on this and at the very least get the lower quality one so that if you have the same issues you didn't spend as much money. Hell, I'd even recommend getting the first gen over this pos. I hope deep down inside that this is just a software issue, but only the lord knows if Google will ever get their s*** together.

243 people found this helpful

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Carlojose Guardado

Distorted colors

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2018

Verified Purchase

I don't like the fact that all the colors on my samsung 4k TV are distorted. Reds are purple and there is nothing on the web to fix this.

177 people found this helpful

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William A.

Have to restart it every single time I want to use it

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2019

Verified Purchase

This product is not ready for primetime, Google. It is embarrassing that I have to restart it every single time I want to use it because chrome cannot find the device. I went through your troubleshooting steps, and the fact that this keeps happening over and over leads me to believe that you simply don't care about this product.

125 people found this helpful

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Cannot cast from laptop?

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2019

Verified Purchase

The whole reason why I bought this device was to mirror my laptop (not my phone, not my tablet) on the TV screen. And it did and worked well. I didn't need a google account, nor to sign into anything nor download a registered app. I clicked a link and had the laptop scan for the device and it just worked.

Then there was a power outage and when I went to set it up again I could no longer do so from my laptop. The setup worked fine one day and the next it just didn't.

It probably has to do with Google scrambling to claim a lost revenue stream or lost data stream or some other missed opportunity on their part, I am not exactly sure. (Remember, do no harm!) But what it actually means is I will be returning this device and not purchasing another product from Google. There are plenty of other solutions out there that will let me cast from my laptop to the TV. Adios.

98 people found this helpful

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Nicolas Alary

Bought this to stream my oculus quest to my tv

Reviewed in Canada on August 8, 2019

Verified Purchase

I bought this to stream my oculus quest to my tv and i am pleasantly suprised at how well it works. Setup was a breeze and it works great!

24 people found this helpful

J-$harp

It works

Reviewed in Canada on June 24, 2020

Verified Purchase

I bought the Google Chromecast ultra to play my games with Stadia. And it works perfectly fine. Streaming video is extremely easy with this thing. It does exactly what’s advertised. Still trying to figure out how to cast VLC to Chromecast. But other than that everything works exactly as advertised. Worth every penny and I’ve suggested this product to every single person I know.

9 people found this helpful

This thing is great

Reviewed in Canada on July 11, 2019

Verified Purchase

Big fan of this product. Makes streaming videos from your phone to your TV super easy!

My only complaint is that I bought this days before the Google Stadia was announced. If you want to buy the founders pack for that, it's only like $30 more than just the chromecast and it comes with the new stadia controller and 3 months of the stadia subscription.

11 people found this helpful

Red

Future proof it

Reviewed in Canada on August 22, 2020

Verified Purchase

Had the 1st gen chromecast and while it still works, it had become very laggy and would stutter while watching vids. I had to choose between this or the current lower version chromecast which did not have an ethernet port. I'm glad I chose this one! It's connected to my router via ethernet and no lag whatsoever when casting any vids from any of my device to it. I can stream vids from my QNAP NAS, send vids from my iPad, iPhone or laptops and friends and family can queue karaoke songs during a karaoke session as long as they are connected to the same router. Best of all, no more lag and it's 4k ready.

4 people found this helpful

Absolutely love this! Call their customer support if you have any problems:

Reviewed in Canada on September 3, 2020

Verified Purchase

I could not get this to work by myself and I’m usually the person my friends call with IT problems so I broke down and hired an “IT genius“ he had one of the best references around but I had a bad feeling. Didn’t even know how to use an iPhone to set it up. I had to get Google Chromecast customer support on the phone to help him . Their CS is awesome do not hesitate to call them. Ok so I could’ve done the same thing with CS talking him through the steps he was able to set it up sort of and then he left. After he left it stopped working and I remembered one thing I heard from CS on speaker if you have an iPhone please remember you have to turn roaming off before you cast to your TV screen. Now that it’s finally working it’s the greatest thing ever! Ever!!! I’m in love with it. Customer support 844-875-4609.