Am I missing something here?

[venki5star]

Hi all,
I got my Chromecast yesterday. Ordered over eBay US and got it in AU. I already had Chromecast V1. To me, both has the same performance. I do not see any difference. YouTube and Netflix loads the same way it used to load on my old Chromecast.

Do I miss anything?

Thanks in advance.

 

[svennp]

youtube and netflix migt be buildt in or really small, they loaded instantly on the old chromecast.
i use plex with my chromecast, and the loading times are alot better on the new one.

 

[jahfry]

There isn't going to be any major difference for most users right now. I picked up a 2015 so that I can take advantage of 802.11AC on 5Ghz WiFi. My 2.4Ghz channel gets scrambled whenever someone uses our microwave, but 5Ghz is fine.

Beyond that you're not going to see major functional differences. Things will load a bit faster, but a lot of the time for loading a video has to do with your ISP connection. If your old Chromecast was already slow at buffering, and your new one doesn't show an increase, then you're probably maxing out your ISP connection (or your ISP is slowing down streaming services).

It isn't meant to be a massive upgrade. It is useful for people like myself who had issues with network distance or noise, but for people who already have a v1 Chromecast that is working fine, there isn't a big reason to upgrade.

Yet. Maybe with the increased CPU we'll see some apps that only work on the v2 or that add functionality when they find one, but I doubt you'll see much difference.