#ANDROID TV MOVIE#
#ANDROID TV ANDROID#
#ANDROID TV SERIES#

You can control the smart lights in the your living room to set the mood for movie night without getting up from the couch. You can view camera feeds from the best video doorbells and home security cameras right on the TV. Google is taking advantage of its deep bench of smart home devices to let you make the most of the 'smart' aspects promised by smart TVs. This integration of the smart TV with other devices across the Google ecosystem goes way beyond profiles and watchlists though. Noticing some virtual watercooler talk about an unfamiliar movie on Slack? You can put it on your watchlist from your laptop or desktop computer.ĭid you just remember the name of that movie you'd forgotten while you make the bed? Use your Google Home smart speaker to queue it up for you later. See a show mentioned on Twitter? Add it to your watchlist right there on your phone.

#ANDROID TV SERIES#

That's a huge improvement if you want to keep one person's period drama recommendations separate from another's kung-fu movie suggestions, and want to enjoy a series or streaming subscription without sharing it with the whole family. This lets family members get recommendations tailored to them, built around their own viewing habits and interests. Google takes this a step further by introducing individual user profiles on Google TV, though that feature has been delayed until sometime in 2022.

It's a move away from the TV as a stationary device to the TV being one component in your larger media viewing world.Īll of the above features include personalization, whether that's through recommendations, listings of subscribed services, or simply letting you use a personal device to control the TV.

We'll talk more about those features in a minute, but combining all of that capability with a remote control, in the device that you carry in your pocket at all times helps break down the barriers between the smart TV and your smartphone. Entering passwords becomes smoother than having to navigate a 'keyboard' on the TV screen, and typing a complex movie title may be preferable to having to repeat a confusing phrase to the voice search over and over again.Īpp-based remotes are not new, as we've seen similar functionality offered by Roku, Vizio and others, but Google TV also combines this with content browsing and personalized watchlists on your phone within the same app. The addition of a touchscreen and onscreen keyboards as part of the remote also make navigating the TV a lot easier.

#ANDROID TV ANDROID#

Taking advantage of Google's large ecosystem of devices and connected apps, you can use an Android phone as a remote control for your Google TV.

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