He First Generation Chromecast It will no longer be supported as of today after ten years from its release. Google has confirmed the end of support of its first multimedia transmission device, which has marked a before and after in the way of sending content from the smartphone to the television.
For the purpose of support, the first generation chromecast will stop receiving updates. The last one, in fact, and according to 9to5Google, the last firmware update was 1.36.159268, released in November 2022 —three years after the previous one—. This one, specifically, included improvements and bug fixes.
Google, in addition, has confirmed in a post on its blog that it will not offer technical support for this device, and that users “you may notice a degradation in performance”. It is also likely that soon some functions will not be available because they are too current.
Support for Chromecast (1st generation) has ended, which means these devices no longer receive software or security updates, and Google doesn’t provide technical support for them. Users may notice a degradation in performance.
This was the first generation Chromecast
The first generation Chromecast, we reiterate, was announced in 2013 as a device to be able to send content from the smartphone to the TV. This gadget About $35, it connected to the TV through the HDMI port, and had 512 MB of RAM and only 2 GB of internal storage.
Two years later, Google announced the second-generation Chromecast, which came with a new design—disc-shaped—and better features. It was not until the fourth generation when Google added Android TV to the Chromecast, which meant that the device included its own interface with which the user could navigate through a remote control. All of this, of course, while maintaining the star feature of the original.
Google also continues to maintain one of the most attractive features of the first generation Chromecast: its low price. The current Chromecast with Android TV (in its HD version, yes) is available for about 35 euros in the main online stores. The 4K model costs about 70 euros in the Google store and other distributors.
