For instance, a pulsing white light means you’re disconnected and a solid orange light means you’ve got some problems. ![]() When you’re all plugged in, a little notification light pops up, indicating the status of the device. On the bottom and the sides is some grey plastic where you’ll find a 3.5mm jack socket, a Micro USB charging port and a reset button. The logo on top is supposed be a Google one, but I can’t help thinking it looks like a Beats headphone ear cup… You can tell the two new Chromecasts apart from the vinyl-inspired finish, which makes the Audio look like a little chunky record, complete with tiny grooves. It’s not going to hog much space next to or on top of your speaker or amplifier. It’s small as well, athough larger than that first Chromecast, and it weighs in at a supremely light 30g. Google’s adopted the same circular design as the latest Chromecast to make it look less like a USB stick. The Chromecast Audio looks nothing like the original Chromecast and that’s a good thing to me. It costs £30, the same as the new Chromecast, and for the money you get an easy-to-set-up piece of kit that might not be an essential buy for everyone, but has the potential to be awesome with future software updates. So not only can you listen to audio from the likes of Spotify and Google Play Music, but you can also play music straight from websites such as YouTube. It’s Google’s attempt to try and do for music what it did for video with the first-generation Chromecast. ![]() The Chromecast Audio is a small music streaming device that you can plug into a speaker system or hi-fi so you can access music over Wi-Fi. Update: sadly Google announced in January 2019, they were discontinuing the Chromecast Audio, as its focus switches to the likes of Google Home and voice control.
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