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3rd-generation Google Chromecast purchased at Best Buy weeks early
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For better or worse, the design is staying exactly the same.

It's been a hot minute (read, 3 years) since Google updated the Chromecast, but a recent FCC filing made it seem a new model was coming. If a redditor who managed to buy one early is to be believed, not only do we have a good look at the new model, we also have a date for its public release — and a better idea of when the Google Pixel 3 event will be held.





Redditor /u/GroveStreetHomie says that they found this on the shelf at their local Best Buy, and when they went to buy it, the cashier couldn't ring it up, as the SKU had been held the system for an October 9th release date. Luckily for us all, since the new and old Chromecasts have the same price, the store staff apparently let them buy it under the current generation Chromecast's SKU. Upon getting it home, they gave us all a quick comparison of the 2nd and 3rd generation:

"It seems a little thicker."
"The top is no longer glossy and the Chrome logo has been ...