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The Google TV Streamer now costs $50 more - The Verge
Entertainment and CultureBy Stevie Bonifield8/31/20261 min read
Google has increased the price of its Google TV Streamer to $149, two years after the 4K streaming box launched.
✨ Key Highlights
- Google has raised the price of its 4K Google TV Streamer to $149, a $50 increase over its original $99 launch price.
- The new pricing is already live on the Google Store and Best Buy, though Amazon still appeared to offer the original $99 price at the time of reporting.
- The increase follows Google's launch of its Pixel 11 phone lineup, which came with a $100 price hike over the Pixel 10 models.
- Originally released in 2024, the Google TV Streamer also functions as a smart home hub.
- The device joins a broader trend of rising tech prices, with component shortages pushing up costs on laptops, game consoles, and streaming hardware.
- Competing devices have also gotten more expensive: Amazon raised the Fire TV Stick 4K Max by over 40 percent to $84.99, while Apple's June price hikes brought the Apple TV 4K to $199 for 64GB and $249 for 128GB.