Tag: Android
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First Android TV 12 Preview Update Adds Google TV Features
It looks like the march to revamp Android TV is continuing, with the first preview release of Android TV 12 launching this week. And while Google’s release notes so far leave plenty to the imagination, there is mention of a “new Google TV experience,” which could suggest the user interface tweaks we first saw in…
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FOX Sports and Samsung Debut Interactive App Experience for MLB Fans
FOX Sports’ 25th season of MLB Postseason coverage and Samsung have a new way for fans to enjoy the game. FOX Sports 5G View Powered by Samsung is an app designed for Android 5G users and powered by more than 90 stadium cameras to let users get an interactive, close up look at the action.…
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Android 11 Bringing More Gamepad Support, Auto Low Latency to Android TV
We’ve been hearing lots about Google’s rumored Android TV hardware over the past few months, and even a potential new name for the operating system. Today, however, Google outlined new software features it’s planning to bring to its TV platform via Android 11. In a developers blog post, Google lists several features coming to Android…
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Google Launches Google Kids Space Exclusively For Android Tablets
Today Google launched a special kids mode feature for Android tablets so children can have a safe and personalized online experience. ‘Google Kids Space’ is an area that features kid-friendly content with parental controls and curated content for kids to learn and find entertainment. Google Kids Space will first be available as a preloaded feature…
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Netflix Adding Playback Speed Controls to Android App
Netflix is adding a new option to adjust playback speeds, letting users watch content faster or slower than normal. The new setting is coming to Android users first, starting this weekend, before it’s rolled out to other platform later this year. If you’re familiar with YouTube’s playback speed settings, the idea here should be fairly…
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Netflix is Adding a Feature to Remove Titles from “Continue Watching” List
Android users recently saw a new feature pop up on their Netflix app that allows them easily to remove titles from the “Continue Watching” list. Never fear, iOS users, you’ll be getting the update on June 29. Before this added feature, viewers had to log in to their Netflix account in an internet browser and…
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Rumors Suggest Android TV Could Be Rebranded to Google TV
It’s apparently a busy time for the rumor mills. This week, 9to5Google reported on a rumor that Google could soon rebrand its Android TV platform, moving forward with a new name: Google TV. There’s not a whole lot else to back up the claim, but if it’s true, it wouldn’t be terribly out of character…
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Netflix Android App Update Lets you Remove Titles from Continue Watching Row
Android users can finally remove unwanted titles from the “Continue Watching” row in the Netflix app. Previously, this feature was non-existent and users had to keep being prompted to finish the same titles over and over, even if you’d moved on from that show. Now, you can remove unwanted shows you no longer want to…
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Google’s Smart TV Turf War With Amazon Extends to Android TV Partners
The ecosystem battle between Google and Amazon has been going on for years — YouTube, for instance, finally arrived on Fire TV models just last year. But a new Protocol report details how Google is currently preventing its Android TV partners from also supporting Fire TV, potentially blocking some key TV makers from working with…
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TiVo Owners Will Have to Wait for Roku and Apple Apps
While we’ve been focusing on TiVo’s announcement of their new streaming player that will launch in April, there’s one announcement that we haven’t gotten at CES – a date for the apps for Roku, Apple TV, and others to stream recorded content from TiVo. TechHive reported that Ted Malone, TiVo’s vice president of consumer products…