Software Alternatives & Reviews

Chromecast VS Google Home

Compare Chromecast VS Google Home and see what are their differences

Chromecast logo Chromecast

Google's thumb-sized media streaming device

Google Home logo Google Home

Set up, manage, and control your Chromecast, Chromecast Audio and Google Home devices.
  • Chromecast Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-17
  • Google Home Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-10-07

Chromecast videos

Chromecast Review | Can A $35 Device Be That Good?

More videos:

  • Review - Google Chromecast 2018 Review
  • Review - 5 reasons to still buy the Chromecast

Google Home videos

Google Home Review: Assistant in a Box!

More videos:

  • Review - Google Home Review | 3 Years Later
  • Review - Google Home Mini Review: Smart Home for $49?

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Chromecast and Google Home)
Watch Movies Online
100 100%
0% 0
Home
0 0%
100% 100
Video & Movies
100 100%
0% 0
Data Dashboard
0 0%
100% 100

User comments

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Chromecast seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 6 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Chromecast mentions (6)

  • Optimization issues
    Maybe this is about Casting rather than Chromecast? Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Need some advice on how to utilize my TV as a monitor
    The problem is the desktop is too far away from the TV. If I wanted to connect them through an HDMI cable, it would have to be at least 7-8 meters long and the HDMI 2.1 cables (which supports 120Hz@4K) that I found online are mostly 3 meters long max. I have seen people suggest the Chromecast solution where I would run the Steam Link app but I am not sure where I would land performance-wise. Budget-wise I am a bit... Source: over 2 years ago
  • Question regarding moving from Android TV with built-in chromecast to chrome cast dongle
    Just so were' clear, you mean the $50 Chromecast with Google TV, not the $30 Chromecast, correct? If so, then you will have the newest interface. I have two of them, one paired with a Sony Bravia. Source: about 3 years ago
  • Prime Video issue
    Https://store.google.com/product/chromecast I’m partial to the charcoal but the chalk look cool too. Source: about 3 years ago
  • Google Store's Chromecast is very slow in Firefox.
    I basically started the capture, went to https://store.google.com/product/chromecast, waited about 30 seconds, then hit back so I can regain my Firefox, stopped capturing, and uploaded. Source: about 3 years ago
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Google Home mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Google Home yet. Tracking of Google Home recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Chromecast and Google Home, you can also consider the following products

Apple TV - New Apple TV running tvOS

Home-Assistant.io - Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform running on Python 3.

NVIDIA Shield TV - Streaming box with Google Assistant and Google Cast.

ioBroker - flexible and modular application for the IoT and Smarthome

Stremio - Watch videos, movies, TV series and TV channels instantly.

openHAB - "empowering the smart home" - vendor and technology agnostic open source home automation