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Streaming Device shoppers now have another way to watch Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Disney Plus And thousands of other apps on their TV. It’s called Google TV, and it comes first with the right name Chromecast with Google TV, Now available for 50 (£ 60, AU $ 99).
Google TV is its successor Android TV, A streaming platform that is significantly less popular than Roku and Amazon Fire TV, Who joined the U.S. last year. Runs 70% of all streaming devices installed in. Android TV in the US today. Is found on a lot of devices in – i.e. Nvidia Shield, Tivo Stream 4K And smart TVs Sony, Hisense and TCL – but in terms of popularity and Reviews, It lags far behind its competitors.
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The new Chromecast is the first device to get Google TV, but the company plans to bring the platform to TVs and streamers next year. “Google TV will be on third-party devices that have been working on the Android TV OS for years,” John Guilder, Google’s director of product development for Android TV, said in an interview. “We are now working with them for 2021 products to incorporate the Google TV experience on their next-generation television and OTT devices.”
It is one of the third-party partners Sony, with its line of smart televisions. A Sony representative confirmed that “Sony will implement Google TV for our 2021 models at launch.” “With regard to current and older models Dello, we will soon share plans for these models.”
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Google’s Guilder added that not every partner device will experience Google TV in 2021, but expects Google TV to completely replace its predecessor by next year.
In addition to Sony TV, other current and near future devices that run Android TV can also be upgraded to Google TV. “We will work closely with partners who already have production in the area, or are launching in the near term, to upgrade in 2021,” Guildred said. He declined to say which third-party products Google TV would receive or when.
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Compared to its predecessor, Google TV has some new features, which the company says are designed to make it easier to find content on all apps.
- A tab for you that creates TV shows and movies available on services that have a user subscription.
- Integrates streaming with live content, starting with a live tab YouTube TV Adding other services early and in the future.
- A fixed watchlist that works on TV as well as mobile apps and computers allows you to bookmark and view titles from those devices.
Like Android TV, Google TV can access the Google Assistant onscreen, which lets you search for TV shows and movies, control smart home devices, and show feeds from Nest. Camera. Google says the platform contains 6,500 apps HBO Max (Currently missing from both Roku and Fire TV) and Bloom (Available on Roku but not on Fire TV). The only major app missing from Google TV and the new Chromecast Apple Pull TV Plus.
Google, meanwhile, is launching a new app for mobile devices, the Google TV app, which will also be available for download on Android phones and tablets from Wednesday. It replaces the existing Google Play Movies and TV app.
This is not the first time that Google has named a TV operating system. Originally debuted over a decade ago on products like Google TV Sony NSX-GT1 TV and Logitech Review Set-top B, X, both of which have received sham reviews on CNET – despite offering “cutting-edge” features such as built-in Chrome browsers and QWERTY remote. The original Google TV, in 2014, you guessed it, Android TV.
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