Chromecast is now the No. 1 streaming device in the U.S., users have casted 1 billion times

Today in the earnings call coinciding with its Q4 2014 release, Google CBO Omid Kordestani let us in on a few metrics of the Chromecast’s success. The $35 (or less) streaming stick has been available for over a year and a half now, and just crossed the milestone of users tapping the “cast” button a full one billion times as of last week.