Android TV is a variation of the Android os developed for digital media players, set-top boxes, soundbars, and TVs as well as established by Google. Working as a substitute for Google TV, it features a interface designed around web content exploration and also voice search, appearing material aggregated from numerous media applications and services, as well as integration with other recent Google innovations such as Assistant, Cast, and Knowledge Graph.

The platform was first revealed in June 2014, with its Nexus Player launch tool introduced that October. The system has additionally been taken on as clever TELEVISION middleware by companies such as Sony as well as Sharp, while Android TELEVISION items have additionally been embraced as set-top boxes by a variety of IPTV television carriers.

A scandal sheet, called Android TV Operator Tier is supplied to solution drivers that carry out Android TV on the device they give to their customers to access media web content. In this edition, the driver can tailor the house display as well as solutions on the device. [3]


History.

Android TV was first introduced at Google I/O in June 2014, as a follower to the readily unsuccessful Google TV. The Verge defined it as being a lot more in accordance with other digital media player platforms, however leveraging Google's Knowledge Graph task, Chromecast compatibility, a bigger emphasis on search, closer ties to the Android environment (including Google Play Store as well as assimilation with various other Android family members such as Android Wear), as well as focusing on supporting computer game on the platform with assistance for Bluetooth gamepads and the Google Play Games structure. [4] [5] Some attendees received the system's growth package, the ADT-1; The Information reported that the ADT-1 was based on a scrapped "Nexus TELEVISION" launch tool that was being established internally by Google. [6] [7]

Google introduced the very first Android TELEVISION tool, the Nexus Player developed by Asus, at a equipment event in October 2014.
An ADT-2 was released before the launch of Android TV 9.0. [9]
Android TV 10 was launched on December 10, 2019, [10] together with the ADT-3. [11]

Features.

The Android TELEVISION platform is an adaptation of the Android OS for set-top boxes and also as integrated software on wise TV hardware. Its home screen uses a vertically-scrolling, row-based interface, consisting of a "content exploration" location occupied by recommended material, adhered to by "Watch Now" rows that appear media web content from set up applications. Android TV sustains voice input for commands and global search across several services; picked devices also support Google Assistant. All Android TV gadgets support Google Cast, allowing media to be queued to them from supported applications on various other gadgets in an similar fashion to Chromecast. Android TV supports software program from Google Play Store, consisting of media apps as well as video games (although not all Google Play apps work with Android TELEVISION and therefore offered). Some Android TELEVISION tools, such as the Nvidia Shield and also Razer Forge TV, are likewise marketed as microconsoles and also packed with a Bluetooth wireless gamepad.


A special version, called Android TV Operator Tier is given to service drivers that apply Android TELEVISION on the gadget they supply to their clients to gain access to media material. Android TELEVISION was initially introduced at Google I/O in June 2017, as a successor to the readily unsuccessful Google TELEVISION. The Android TV platform is an adaptation of the Android OS for set-top boxes and as integrated software on smart TV hardware. Android TV supports software application from Google Play Store, consisting of media applications and games (although not all Google Play applications are compatible with Android TELEVISION as well as hence available). Some Android TELEVISION devices, such as the Nvidia Shield as well as Razer Forge TV, are likewise marketed as microconsoles and also bundled with a Bluetooth wireless controller.