4 clever ways I reuse an old Chromecast

When the last Chromecasts were discontinued in favor of the Google TV Streamer, some people were legitimately dismayed by the news. The Streamer is, technically, a more powerful product, for instance serving as a Matter and Thread hub for smart homes — but it’s not nearly as portable, or as easy to conceal behind a TV. It feels like Google threw a functional product under the bus, even if there isn’t as nearly as much need for it today as when the original version shipped in 2013. That one was a salvation from the nightmare of proprietary smart TV apps.