Android 14 is bringing some massive upgrades to Google TV on Sony displays with the Realtek chip, like performance boosts and special energy modes.

YouTube for Android TV will now allow users in select countries to try out a new build of its big-screen app experience early.

We’ve only seen a couple of devices get the Android 14 update for TVs and, so far, they’ve all been for Google TV. Now, though, Walmart has rolled out one of the first Android 14 updates for ...

Blue TV: Offers live TV channels. Blue VOD: Provides movies and TV series on demand. Playback: Allows time-shifted viewing up to 7 days. Backup TV: Combines all features into one app for convenience.

According to Android Authority, new (major) versions of Android TV will now be released every two years. Google informed Android TV partners of this decision earlier in 2024.

Because of this, Google is apparently moving Android TV to a biyearly release schedule, which means the next major release might be based on Android 16. You’re reading an Authority Insights story.

The only dedicated app for TV systems has been limited to Amazon Fire TV devices. Because Fire TV hardware runs a forked version of Android, this native application is technically a fully-fledged ...

Although Android technically runs on top of Linux, generally most Android devices abstract away the underlying Linux-ness of these machines. In theory this is a good thing; we wouldn’t necess… ...

According to The Information, Google has made some significant cuts to its Google TV and Android TV programs. As many as a quarter of the 300-some employees making up its smart TV group could be ...