Walmart’s onn media streamers have been launched for several years, mainly known for their cost performance.
Now, the company has launched a new TV box that basically brings the same experience as Google TV’s Chromecast, but at less than half the price, only $20, while The 4K model of Google’s Chromecast is $50.
The new model looks a lot like the version Walmart debuted in 2021, but it has an updated design with a slightly larger body and more rounded corners.
In addition, the processor inside has also been updated, the chip has added support for hard-decoding AV1, and the software has been switched from Android TV to Google TV, which means that its user UI interface should be almost the same as Google Chromecast.
Of course, the remote for the Walmart onn Google TV 4K is a little different than the Chromecast because it has a lot more buttons, including a channel change button and four shortcut keys.
▲ Google Chromecast
It is worth mentioning that although the software of this box is not weaker than competing products, it is hard to say that the hardware is the same. For starters, it only supports WiFi 5 and only has 2GB of RAM and 8GB of storage. Also, it features a micro USB charging port instead of USB-C.
Beyond that, it lacks support for features like Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, and has limited support for HDR content, according to 9to5Google.
