Testseek.com have collected 109 expert reviews of the Google Chromecast Audio and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Google Chromecast Audio.
October 2015
(85%)
109 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(85%)
93 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
It's a cheap way to make your existing sound system go wireless
Easy to set up
Supports Aux
RCA and Optical inputs
Inexpensive. Easy to set up. Can make any speaker or sound system Wi-Fi enabled and part of a multi-room setup.
Google's budget audio dongle pipes music to any stereo from the most popular streaming apps on your phone. It's simple and works well
With direct compatibility for most major music services
And even more are supported via the Chrome browser plug-in and
Cheap
Optical digital and analog audio outputs
Multiroom capability
Low cost
Simple setup
Works with most major streaming-music services
Tiny and unobtrusive hardware design
The editors didn't like
Casting from Chrome tabs on a computer yields spotty results
But if you live a predominant smartphone existence
You shouldn't run into too many issues
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And yeah
It's ugly
Should You Buy It?
I suppose
If you don't have any way of wirel
Included 3.5mm aux cable is super short
Only works with 3.5mm connections out of the box. Lacks support for streaming through multiple speakers at once
Some notable music services
Including iTunes
Apple Music and Amazon Music
Are not supported on iPhone and iPad. In analog sound quality it's beaten by the Fon Gramofon (which costs twice as much). You can't use Google Cast devices as part of a multiroo
No Support for Apple Music
No Cast-compatible iOS app for Amazon Music
Built-in DAC is nothing special
Audio quality may not be up to par for discerninglisteners
No Apple Music or Tidal support
Limited functionality compared to Google's other Chromecast
Abstract: Chromecast Audio è una novità di Google per lo streaming audio dal proprio dispositivo, che sia Andorid o iOS, ad uno speaker, cassa, TV o qualunque device con un entrata audio.Chromecast non è un nome nuovo, nuovo è il dispositivo di Google dedicato escl...
Abstract: Due anni fa scrissi una cosa del genere nella recensione alla prima Chromecast : "È come un supermercato propone di portarvi le buste a casa se fate la spesa da loro". Adesso Google non ha bisogno di chiedervi il favore di tenerla collegata alla vostra TV...
Abstract: Chromecast è un prodotto fantastico, permette di trasformare una TV in uno streaming display con una spesa davvero minima, 39 euro. Quest'anno la novità di Google si chiama però Chromecast Audio: il principio è lo stesso, ma al posto dell'uscita HDMI c'è...
Published: 2016-01-02, Author: MaTT , review by: go2android.de
Will ich ganz ehrlich sein (und das bin ich ja immer), dann fühle ich mich von Google ein wenig veräppelt wenn es um den Chromecast Audio geht. Denn der Chromecast und Chromecast 2 HDMI-Streamingstick kann prinzipiell über HDMI ebenfalls Audio digital ü...
Sehr gutes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis, Kinderleichte Installation, Unterstützung für die wichtigsten Musik Streaming Apps, Party-tauglich dank Gast-Modus
sehr kurzes (analoges) Audio-Kabel, (noch) lediglich ausgewählte Apps, u.a. fehlt Youtube
Was soll ich sagen? Seit ich das Ding habe, hab‘ ich die Web-Oberfläche von Google Music nicht mehr genutzt und „streame“ nun nicht mehr über’s Notebook auf die Anlage, sondern nur noch über das Tablet bzw. Smartphone und den Chromecast Audio. Die Klangqu...
Der Chromecast Audio weiß durch seine einfache Handhabung zu begeistern. Im Vergleich zum „normalen“ Chromecast schneidet er aber beim Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis minimal schlechter ab. Ein Stick ohne Bildausgabe hat einfach etwas weniger Einsatzmöglichkei...
Published: 2015-10-14, Author: Amir , review by: giga.de
Abstract: Wer den alten Chromecast besitzt, kann beruhigt sein: Ein Upgrade auf das 2015er-Modell ist derzeit nicht notwendig. Zwar wurde der WLAN-Empfang des Dongles nominell verbessert und tatsächlich starten Videos mit der neuen Hardware auch minimal besser und...
Published: 2015-10-07, Author: Felix , review by: curved.de
Abstract: Ende vergangener Woche erreichte uns eine riesige Box von Google. Darin: viel Popcorn, Chips und - frisch aus Mountain View eingetroffen - der neue Chromecast (2015) und Chromecast Audio von Google. Der Test.Ich mag es, das neue Chromecast Audio. Vor alle...
