Design is one of the obvious changes that you immediately see with the Teewe 2. While the original dongle was a little bulky, the Teewe 2 is much sleeker - it’s 70 percent the size of the original, according to Mango Man’s CEO Sai Srinivas - and this new model is even smaller than a Chromecast, even if only barely.
It maintains the simple rectangular design of the original, but has done away with colourful flourishes - instead you’ve got a tiny and discreet block with a stylishly etched logo along one side. The dongle, which goes into your TV’s HDMI port, is powered via the Micro-USB port, so if your TV has a USB port, you can simply connect the two. Otherwise, there’s an included power adaptor, so you can connect the Teewe 2 to an electric socket too. The Chromecast doesn’t ship with a wall adaptor, so this is a nice, if tiny, bonus.
Mango Man - the company that makes the Teewe 2 - has also improved the quality of plastic that it uses for the Teewe 2, and the new model feels like a premium product. It actually measures up to the level of polish you’d see on the Chromecast, unlike the other products in this category that we’ve seen, including the original Teewe.
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The looks don’t really matter since the dongle will be hidden away behind your television, but it’s still nice to get a product that looks like it was made with care, and that’s definitely the case here.