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Updated · Droid Life · Oct 10

Google Develops Next-Gen TV Streamer With 32GB-Plus Storage as 2-Year-Old Model Ages

Updated

Updated · Droid Life · Oct 10

Google Develops Next-Gen TV Streamer With 32GB-Plus Storage as 2-Year-Old Model Ages

Q: Can Google's rumored 2027 TV Streamer finally fix the frustrating lag and crashes plaguing the current 2024 model?

Possibly, but not on rumor alone. The reported upgrades for Google’s next TV Streamer—a faster processor and more storage than the current 32GB—directly target the two complaints most often tied to the 2024 model’s lag, freezes, and app instability. Users and reviewers have repeatedly linked slowdowns to the current box filling up with apps, caches, and background content, while reports also cite random reboots, Bluetooth dropouts, flickering, and HDMI-CEC glitches. Those hardware changes could make a real difference. More headroom for apps and cached data should reduce the gradual slowdown many users describe, and a stronger chip should help with menu responsiveness, app launches, and heavier Google TV features running in the background. The rumored microphones and presence sensing are new conveniences, but they do not by themselves solve the reliability problem. The bigger uncertainty is software. Much of the frustration around the 2024 streamer is not just modest hardware, but thin updates and bug fixes that have not fully resolved long-running issues. If Google ships better hardware but keeps the same uneven software support, some of the crashes and glitches could persist. So the rumored 2027 model could fix a lot of the current performance pain, especially lag tied to limited resources, but it is too early to say it will finally solve the broader crash-and-bug problem. That will depend as much on Google’s update commitment as on the new specs.

3 articles · Updated · Droid Life · Oct 10

Google is developing a next-generation Google TV Streamer with a faster processor, more storage, built-in microphones, presence sensing and a redesigned remote, according to a 9to5Google report.
The microphones would let the box work more like a Google Home device, while presence sensing could trigger features such as a Google Photos screensaver when someone enters the room.
The upgrade push comes as the current streamer passes the 2-year mark and has already seen a notable price increase without hardware improvements, weakening its value against rivals.
No price or launch window was reported, and with Google’s TV devices previously arriving on a roughly 2-year cadence—2020, 2022 and 2024—the earliest likely debut now appears to be 2027.