Google loves you. No, really. It's a big fan, and it really wants to make this Valentine's Day between you two extra-special.

Or, at least, it wants to help you make your Valentine's Daybe it solo, with friends, or with a loved onethat much more fun. So long as you have a Chromecast, and it's powered on, and it's already synched up with your home wireless network, then Google is going to give you $6 for absolutely nothing.

Presumably, you can then use that free money to rent a movie on your big February 14 dayor, really, any other day, if Valentine's Day isn't your thing.

To get your free cash, you'll have to first install the Google Cast extension for your Chrome browser. And, yes, you'll want to have that as well (if you're otherwise a big Firefox or Internet Explorer fan). From there, head on over to Google's Chromecast Offers page. Once you agree to the terms, Google will ask you to select your Chromecast device in order to see all the offers you can partake inwhich means you'll want to have already set your Chromecast up on your Wi-Fi network prior to this point (which we're assuming you did).

When you do, you'll briefly see a little congratulations message appear on your TV (if it's tuned to the HDMI source that your Chromecast is installed into). You'll be picking the actual offers on your Chrome browser, and up in the upper-left corner should be the Google Play offer that tells you to "Enjoy a Valentine's Day movie rental with a $6 Google Play credit." Click on the "Redeem" button and pooffree money.

We're not exactly sure why Google is tossing out this free cash, as there isn't really any other promotional effort tied to the marketing push. Perhaps Google is just really keen to have everyone's Chomecast devices connected online (and sharing their device ID with Google). That, or maybe Google just wants to send a little love your way for being a loyal Chromecast user. Either way, we don't mind contemplating while we're all cuddled up on the couch with our Chromecast come February 14perhaps Google can send some chocolates over, too.

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