Google TV’s ‘Magic Button’ makes its debut — but not on a Chromecast

Google’s rumored “Magic Button” shortcut for Google TV has been spotted successful nan chaotic connected a real-world distant for an upcoming streaming box... made by Walmart.

AFTVnews sewage hold of Walmart’s still-unreleased Onn 4K Pro — a Google TV-powered streaming container — and nan distant features nan caller prima fastener successful nan apical correct corner. The instrumentality simply calls it nan “customizable button,” and it tin beryllium programmed arsenic a shortcut to an app aliases to let you to alteration inputs. It replaces nan dedicated TV input fastener connected erstwhile Onn streaming container remotes.

The fastener has been leaking arsenic portion of Google TV-adjacent hardware for years, but it hasn’t really showed up until now. It first appeared in trading materials for Google’s debut Chromecast TV successful 2020. Then past year, it appeared inside Android TV beta code, suggesting it could travel to an upcoming Chromecast nether nan sanction “Magic Button.” Google has its I/O developer convention coming connected May 14th, and it’s imaginable nan institution could uncover a caller type of Chromecast there.

The Onn 4K Pro was leaked past week successful a YouTube livestream by Superdell-TV. The caller instrumentality features a built-in smart speaker on pinch “Pro” features for illustration Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision support, 3GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. The distant besides has a ample “Free TV” fastener that takes you to Google’s FAST channels. The instrumentality has yet to look connected Walmart’s website, but nan leaks propose it’ll beryllium released successful an charismatic capacity very soon.