An unreleased third-generation Chromecast was accidentally sold to a customer by Best Buy

The original Chromecast was introduced way back in 2013 and was followed two years later by the second-generation model. Since then, the company has failed to unveil any updates but, come October 9, this all looks set to change.

Despite Google’s hardware event still being over a week away, it seems Best Buy already has the next-generation Chromecasts in stock. See, while sales aren’t expected to commence until after the event has taken place, the retailer accidentally sold one of Google’s third-generation Chromecasts to a customer. According to this person, ...