Compared with rivals (Roku springs immediately to mind), it’s a weak offering. Only apps and that have been customised and approved for the Android TV platform show up in the store, and the selection is thin, especially when it comes to UK content.Īt the time of writing, there was no iPlayer app, no ITV Player, 4oD, Demand 5 nor anything at all from Sky. The success of any streamer is dictated by the available content, and on this front the Nexus Player disappoints. Although you can voice-search the library of TED TV lectures, in the Netflix app you have to enter text laboriously, character after character, using an onscreen keyboard. (It is possible, but it it’s far from straightforward.)Īlmost every search we carried out was recognised accurately and instantly it’s just a shame that it doesn’t work within every app. And there’s no official way to add peripherals or storage using the USB port, either – Google put it there as a way for developers to test and debug their apps. On the rear of the device you’ll find a full-sized HDMI output, which outputs video at resolutions up to 1,920 x 1,080 and 60Hz, a DC power socket and a micro-USB port, but no dedicated digital or analogue audio output, nor an Ethernet socket. There isn’t much in the way of physical connectivity, though. Included in the box is a Bluetooth remote control, equipped with a microphone that allows you to search with voice commands you can connect games controllers via Bluetooth as well. It’s a lot more powerful, too, packing in a quad-core 1.8GHz Intel Atom processor, PowerVR Series 6 graphics, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage, and it’s this extra horsepower that enables it to act as a standalone TV streamer. It features dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi rather than single-band 802.11n, so if the 2.4GHz spectrum is too congested, you can switch over to 5GHz for stutter-free streaming. To that end, the puck-shaped Nexus Player is a more powerful and capable device than the standard Chromecast.
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