


Plus, you can search for or play content using your Echo or Google Home speakers. At the same time, they have a robust search feature that helps you search through your apps to find the show you need, as well as reveal results from apps you don't own if you can't find it elsewhere. Roku is more app-focused, which some users might prefer if they want to search a particular library. Where Chromecast with Google TV will shine is if you're a frequent user of Google products. Google TV studies your viewing history via machine learning and presents a range of recommendations designed to appeal to your interests from every streaming app you install, while also offering genre categories of shows from your installed apps.
#2nd generation chromecast vs roku android
Google TV repackages Android TV, taking the backbone of thousands of free Android apps and adding a new organizational system that prioritizes content. Now, with Chromecast with Google TV, you get access to the thousands of streaming apps as well, putting the two platforms on mostly even footing. Until now, you had to judge the thousands of free, organized Roku channels against Google Cast, which could only cast from a smaller list of Android apps and couldn't cast at all from iOS apps. Source: Android Central (Image credit: Source: Android Central)
