Ask around, and you’ll find out that the Chromecast is one of the most universally loved pieces of Google hardware in the last decade or two. It’s also one of the most popular and most successful products the company has ever built, with Chromecast sales reaching 55 million by 2017. The number must’ve easily doubled since then.
Personally, I’ve had at least one Chromecast since the original’s announcement. I’ve upgraded every time a new Chromecast came along, I’ve lamented the death of the Chromecast Audio, and I’ve sighed in frustration at the limited specs of the Chromecast with Google TV. When its follow-up ended up being a cheaper, less powerful HD Chromecast, I resigned myself to keeping my 4K Chromecast longer and hoped a true successor would soon emerge.