Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. The first Chromecast, launched way back in 2013, was a novel, dirt-cheap way to get your streaming content onto your TV.

Google’s newest TV companion is the Chromecast HD. Both it and the Chromecast of 2020 look identical and share a lot of the same features – so what are the main differences? Let’s find out. First off, ...