by dbadmin | Aug 17, 2025 | Android TV, Features, Google TV
I can think of a handful of Android apps that I couldn’t use a smartphone without because the default Android experience on every device leaves much to be desired. The same goes for Google TV devices. Yes, the interface is clean and swift, but the entertainment...
by dbadmin | Aug 14, 2025 | Android TV, Features, Google, Google TV, Sony
For years and years, Apple fans could hold it over Android users’ heads that their platform was the place to get regular, reliable system updates, keeping their devices operating at their best with all the latest new features. That’s arguably still true when we’re...
by dbadmin | Aug 11, 2025 | Android TV, News, Sony
Credit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority Sony has begun updating a wide range of Bravia TV models directly to Android TV 14 with Google TV. The rollout appears to target Sony TVs using Realtek chipsets. Android TV 14 brings new features like new energy modes and...
by dbadmin | Aug 3, 2025 | Android TV, Features, Google TV, Raspberry Pi, Smart TV
Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Like many affordable smart TVs, mine runs on a frankly garbage processor that makes trawling through my TV’s updated Google TV interface a real chore. Quad‑core Cortex‑A55 CPUs are pretty standard but also as cheap as they...
by dbadmin | Aug 1, 2025 | Android TV, Authority Insights, Google, News
Android TV currently offers a Discover tab for getting recommendations and building your watchlist. A new update to the system launcher suggests that Google’s planning to drop Discover and move your watchlist to the Home tab. Confusingly, Google’s messaging in the app...
by dbadmin | Jul 2, 2025 | Android TV, Google, News
Credit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority Android TV devices are receiving new content tabs on the home screen via a server-side update. These new tabs add “Top Selling Movies,” “Popular Movies and Shows,” and “Trending on Google” to the home screen. There’s no way...
