GeForceNOW

Don't get me wrong: the games look slick and the stream itself is really high quality. The problem still lies in the inability for the latest Chromecast to ...

While the Shield Controller performed perfectly on the Shield TV, the same exact lag was present on the Chromecast that I saw with the XBOX controllers. I sure hope it does as I tend to like the Chromecast with Google TV better than most streaming boxes. And when you test like this, there’s only one conclusion to draw: the problem lies with the Chromecast. I tried the XBOX Series X, XBOX One, and the Shield TV controllers and experienced various amounts of lag with each. As a final test, I then paired the GeForce NOW controller with the Chromecast to make sure there’s not some sort of issue with XBOX controllers on Google’s dongle. Instead of proving that GeForce NOW on the Chromecast is fantastic to use now, I ended up seeing lag across the board.