Google has introduced an Android TV replace that, amongst different things, brings a domestic display UI redecorate that helps customers locate the content material they’re most in all likelihood to watch. As well, Google is making it simpler for Android TV customers to shortly signal up for offerings like EPIX NOW and Starz, providing a gadget comparable to the way Fire TV customers can subscribe to a new ‘channel.’
First matters first, the domestic screen. This graph tweak brings the capacity to watch trailers and see hints when you furnace up the platform; Google says that for customers in the US, it is now providing curated content material from media companions and ‘entertainment experts.’ Users who hyperlink their streaming debts — Netflix, Hulu, etc. — to the Google Account used with Android TV will additionally see content material recommendations from these apps
In addition, Google has added a new function comparable to one already provided by using competitor Amazon. With simplified sign-ups, Android TV customers can now at once and rapidly subscribe to a new supported provider the use of the account they have signed into Android TV.
Google says that the user in simple terms selects ‘Subscribe and install’ on the provider and that it will finish the process, subsequently requiring solely ‘a couple clicks’ from the user. Only choose apps are covered in this characteristic for now, though; Google says it is piloting the characteristic with EPIX NOW, Starz, and DC Universe in the United States.
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The employer plans to add extra apps to its simplified subscription characteristic ‘soon,’ however it doesn’t supply any extra details, such as which apps are in the pipeline and when the function will be accessible backyard of the US.
