Google hopes that Android TV’s simple setup will distinguish it from other streaming video platforms available—namely, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV.
The premise of Android TV is to have viewers spend less time searching and more time watching and interacting. Consumers can control it via an app on their phone or a game controller.
Instead of having to sift through dozens of pages of content, there are three simple rows of options; the top row holds your recommendations, the second contains your apps, and the third features your mobile games. Your content suggestions are generated through your Google Play and YouTube viewing habits. As you watch content, the program enters the appropriate row and similar apps/games/shows surround it as recommendations.
One area that has room for growth is video games. Although mobile games are quite a few levels below platform games, they are appropriately cheaper and sometimes free. The Android TV controller has characteristics of both Xbox One and PS4, with its version of a D-Pad, button layout and dual-analog stick setup. Its four LED lights in the middle of it face suggests that local multiplayer gaming will be a possibility. Additionally, multiplayer play between TV and tablets will be a superpower Android TV will have. Gamers can discover how their favorite mobile games feel like to play on a big screen.
Google Voice also works through Android TV. Sony and Sharp are expected to release TVs with Android built in next year, while set-top boxes will be on sale in the fall.
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