The Google Chromecast dongle has proved itself a valuable companion for those wanting to stream content from their devices to secondary screens without the need for wires.
However, in those instances when Wi-Fi is intermittent or unavailable, it’s about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
So, in a rather surprising launch on Wednesday, Google has released an Ethernet adapter for its HDMI dongle.
The $15 accessory is effectively a power brick, but one that makes it easy to run an Ethernet cable from your Chromecast to the router.
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There was obviously quite a demand for such a backwards-compatibility tool: no sooner had it arrived on the Google Store, it had sold out (via Android Police).
Google had only launched the accessory in the US, so it remains to be seen whether an international release is in the pipeline.
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