TCL has announced its latest TV series, the Google TV-powered QM8K, boasting a rather huge upgrade to the speaker system and some other very notable improvements to help boost the viewing experience. One of the big changes with this new ...
There is some interesting news from the world of smart TVs, but it might not be for the better. Google has confirmed a significant change that could impact the performance of future affordable Google TV devices and televisions: they’re lowering ...
Joe Maring / Android Authority Reading that Google is lowering the RAM requirements for Google TV sent shivers down my spine. I can already see the 1-star reviews flooding in for TVs that haven’t even launched yet: “horrendous performance,” “laggy ...
TL;DR Google has announced that affordable Google-powered TVs with “low RAM” are in the works. This comes a while after we first heard that Android TV now requires 1GB of RAM instead of 1.5GB. We hope these TVs still offer ...
Summary The Android 16 update for Google TV focuses mostly on UI improvements and streaming media playback consistency. Technical features, such as the new MediaQuality manager, help streaming apps identify content requirements easily. It introduces Eclipsa Audio, a spatial audio ...
Sign in to your Android Police account Summary Google is working with select manufacturers to bring Google TV to “low RAM panel TVs.” Despite improvements, low-end Google TVs do not make sense for future hardware requirements. They are bound to ...
David Imel / Android Authority TL;DR Google TV will now allow apps to prompt users for a rating and review. Users will be able to submit ratings for the app either on their TV or on their preferred device. You ...
Sign in to your Android Police account Summary Google has extended its Play In-App Review API to Google TV, allowing developers to prompt users for app ratings and reviews directly within their apps. These prompts might interrupt your viewing experience, ...
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Android 16 for TV looks almost identical to Android 14, with only slight visual tweaks in the Settings menu. New developer-focused features include MediaQualityManager, IAMF spatial audio support, and performance optimizations. The stable release ...
The Google I/O 2025 keynote is now over, and with it, Google announced a ton of new stuff today. All of it, unsurprisingly revolving around AI and all of Google’s different AI tools and features. From New monthly subscription plans ...