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September’s Android Feature Drop is Here and There’s a Lot to See

Tim September 8, 2022 24

Even now and then (typically quarterly), Google announces a suite of new features for Android. Earlier this year, we got an Android Feature Drop that brought us custom stickers in Gboard, improvements for Sound Amplifier, plus much more. This week, Google has...

Google TV Getting the Performance Upgrades It Has Needed

Tim August 22, 2022 38

Google detailed this morning that performance and storage optimization updates are headed to the Google TV platform, resulting in what should be a big time improvement for users as a whole. On the performance side, Google is optimizing CPU usage and is making...

Google TV Could Get Wear OS Fitness Integration, Better Smart Home Controls

Kellen August 9, 2022 6

At some point within the next couple of years, your Google TV may do a lot more than just show you content. According to a new report, Google is preparing to add Wear OS integration to boost fitness tracking, make smart home controls more robust, and finally...

Google TV is Going to Add Free Live TV

Kellen August 5, 2022 37

Want to hear something cool on this beautiful Friday? Your Google TV might soon get free live TV. Yeah, seriously. Google has apparently been building out live TV into the Google TV platform for some time, but only recently has evidence arrived suggesting it...

Stream Nest Cam Feeds Right to Your Google TV

Tim July 27, 2022 11

Google announced this week that Google TV users will soon be able to stream their supported Nest Cam devices, including the Nest Doorbell, to their television set. This means if you're watching the game and some door-to-door Kirby vacuum or Bible salesperson...

Google TV App Arrives on iOS

Kellen June 1, 2022

Google began replacing the Google Play Movies & TV app with Google TV a couple of years ago on Android and TV platforms. The Google TV app was to act less as a store and more of a content curator that tied into your other streaming services to help you...

Google TV Gets Its Profiles, Which Were Announced Last Year

Kellen May 23, 2022 8

Google TV, the slick TV-focused operating system skin from Google that runs on its cute little Chromecast with Google TV dongle, is getting profiles this week. You may be thinking that sounds familiar, and well yeah, that's because profiles were announced in...

Google Highlights Changes in Android 13 Beta 2 for Android TV

Tim May 12, 2022 4

This week during Google I/O, Google detailed changes built into Android TV, available inside of the latest build designed for developers. That's right, we're talking about the Android 13 Beta 2, available now for ADT-3 owners and those who enjoy using...