New reference design of Google TV remote control announced: charging with solar energy to get rid of battery dependence

CTOnews.com, January 16, Google seems to be listening carefully to users and plans to improve the humanized design of its TV remote control, especially in terms of batteries.

Delta Electronics (the company that makes Google TV remote controls) announced the reference design of the new Google TV remote control on CES 2023.

The new remote control design eliminates the battery directly and uses solar photovoltaic panels as a source of power instead. The new remote control can be self-charged, whether in sunlight or indoor lighting, which means it will never run out of power or require you to replace the battery yourself.

The remote control is likely to be used in the upcoming new Chromecast TV stick, replacing the 4K Chromecast product launched in 2020. Of course, we may also see Hisense, TCL and other Google TV partners adopt similar designs.

CTOnews.com Science Popularization: Chromecast is a TV stick that runs a stripped-down version of the Chrome OS system that can be plugged directly into the TV's HDMI interface to present streaming content from computers or other devices to TVs, bringing new year to devices that can't connect to the Internet.

In addition, Google announced that users can also "project" content viewed in Chrome browsers onto televisions, so the product is actually very playable.

Currently, Google Chromecast (which supports Google TV) is priced at NT $1199 (currently about RMB265) and can stream a variety of 4K or 1080p HDR content.

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