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Why I WASTED my time at Google’s Android TV event
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Just before the launch of the Google Pixel 4, the company held an event that was more about getting people excited about Android TV. But guess what — it just got me angry.
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There are a bunch of cheap Android TV’s and devices
I really don’t get it about Apple TV.
Would love to hear about the latest ways to cut the cord 2019 edition.
Did anyone even ask for this?
I would have been the perfect customer for that “kitchen TV” as I’m always streaming YouTube or something on my phone while cooking. But there’s nothing really special about the Phillips that screams “buy me”. Sure, that built-in 16W Bluetooth speaker sounds nice to have but apart from that 🤷♂️. Why should I buy this over a Mi Box S/Chromecast and any random 24″ display?
He’s just madly disappointed
I bought a Chromecast it’s a disappointing piece of hardware putting Android TV into the would be it’s only saving grace I’m leaning towards getting rid of it and buying a Fire TV Cube cuz I already use an Alexa speaker
Why not just bake in Google TV in Stadia?
Google need to fire some people from their hardware team. They are selling average specced phone in high price range , not making devices that have actual demand in the market (TV Stick, Watches). They should learn from Amazon’t hardware team.
Wow so embarrassing. This event only serves to highlight how trash Android TV os is.
Mi Box S is the answer … $50…with built in Chromecast. And every monitor, projector, or TV becomes a Google TV
This is what keeps them from reaching the trillion dollar mark. I was always confused about the YouTube music thing but I have iOS so assumed it was a play music replacement or add on guess not 😭🤣🤦🏽♂️
*Last year Google promised, GA would be more speedy, regarding instead first looking up in the cloud, it would do certain things within the device, they never stated if this would applied to Android TV as well.
*I think, this is my opinion and I could be wrong, Google does not bet making a new Android TV device, because let’s face it Google suck at it, let’s remember
the bad luck Google making some devices: Nexus Player (was price $80-$95), Nexus Q ($300), Pixel C ($499-$599) and Google is letting OEMs like OnePlus and Motorola experiment in markets like India just
to grow in numbers, and letting them do the hard work. i like the option Motorola is giving, soundbar and a game pad although
*Is Google finally addressing the issues regarding being able to watch your photos on the TV when the screen goes to screensaver mode (this is only accomplished using chromeCrap) this lack of love from Google is bothersome
*Hearing you say “you enjoy Android TV experience “, gives hope really because the platform has been growing slowly, a constant major complain (2014–2016) was
“there is not enough apps on the playstore”, games etc and that has been changing in a slow pace hopefuly
*I share your frustration Google making an event about ATV and showing off something like this, pretty lame I must say, like you said, nothing new,
as far as i know, as long you have GA on ATV you can handle cameras, smart light bulbs, smart locks and even roomba devices (i hope to buy this year to buy wyze smart bulbs to handle with GA on ATV XD)
*Google Chromecrap would be always cheaper in comparison to an ATV device (a TCL 32″ TV with Android TV costs $195 here in El Salvador),
I think making an cheaper ATV device to compete to the ChromeCrap (or Roku) would be really hard to achieve because you would need more RAM and storage to make ATV run smoothly,
a sweet device to make ATV more appealing would something with 3GB of RAM and at least 16GB of storage, that hypotetical combo below $55 is pretty difficult, (some other would say “don´t forget to put an Ethernet port”)
*Chinese OEMs (JetStrem,MeCool,Beelink) offer good options in HW but some lacking certification from Netflix regarding DRM support, don´t have Amazon Prime Video in the playstore
i hope didn’t bother you reading all this
I would love to have an Android TV streaming stick or set-top box
Wait I use Google Play Music to have my albums & songs from iTunes in the cloud so I can play it from any device & download it to that device. Is that part of the service going away as well? I hope not! I mean I never paid for GPM so Idc about the streaming service portion of it because there’s already too many damn music streaming services as it is. But I just don’t want it affect my ability to store my music there
Google messes up their popular services because they don’t supply Google enough personal info. They are in business, after all, to sell advertising. To be competitive, they have to have reams of personal info from their users. So if a service is verynpopular, and costs google a lot of money to run, they have to pay for that through advertising. And how do they convince advertisers to use Google’s service rather than others? By providing more personal data.
So the next time you can’t figure out why Google is starting a service, or discontinuing a popular one, or making hardware, or buying a company that doesn’t seem to have anything to do with what Google does, like Nest, just think about the data they’re getting, and you’ll know why.
Man, this is disappointing. I didn’t believe at first click but yeah it’s disappointing.
AT&T’s box runs Android TV but AT&T Now app is not available on other Android TV devices !!!!!!!!
Google has seriously IGNORED Android TV. At this time I’d say just copy the f’n Apple TV and keep going speaking of which — what’s going on with Android Tablets RIP. [This coming from someone who’s had Android devices from Version 2.0 forward]
The vast majority of the TVs coming with Android use sub-par CPUs. Even fairly expensive ones make the user experience a pain. And upgrades to new versions of the OS are just non existent. It’s a pity that customers are treated this badly. And Android TV also needs to mature, as I’m frankly unsatisfied by the lack of customization and the poor UX baked into it.
The mibox s is pretty much a chromcast with Android TV
I just put my phone on a stand while cooking in the kitchen.
Because you do the same thing in Apple event every year. 😂
Xiaomi’s Android TV boxes are affordable for most people
I feel your disappointment Iyaz, i was looking forward to a nexus player successor something my pocket can afford. Oh! well its the same company that was making fun of Apple for getting rid of the headphone jack 2nd generation pixel they did the same. They made fun of Apple having a notch on their iphone X and made fun of their own 3rd generation pixel before it was officially launched of having a notch. Feels like Google doesn’t care about their customers’ feedback and what they want from them hardware wise.
I have a Sony A1 TV, it already has android TV and Chromecast built in. I’d love some new features and Stadia just there on my TV
Excellent take on Google 😎
Have they released Amazon Prime Video for Android TV?
I can’t say I’m surprised that they decided to kill Google play music. I’ve used it in the past and the experience was… underwhelming. If they are gonna axe a service, why aren’t they making sure that the replacement is at least as good if not better?
All Google events are disappointing. Just watch the recaps. Thanks for going to these events for us.
Lame 🤮
They’re absolute ly killing android tv.
This guy is so enthusiastic about Android and Google that I feel so bad for him every time I see his videos
2:34 YES!
I was a beta tester for that att box when I had DTVnow. The box itself is pretty great. That said you’re locked to DTVnow. So when I left I haven’t used it again. Now that and it’s onna cut rate app store. Definitely noticed some apps were missing that I had on my Nexus player.
I have a beta AT&T set top box and it doesn’t let you install everything in the google store and the interface is not true android tv. So meh!!
It’s easy to get an a cheap Android TV device… But it won’t have Netflix. That’s the real problem at the moment in my opinion. Android TV boxes are so cheap, but useless without Netflix!
You can buy a Xiaomi Mi Box S if you want Android TV on the cheap, it’s sold at Walmart.
I need help please! I have an androidtv and it’s connected to my home wifi, however people using the same wifi can control the tv and it’s annoying, any way to secure my tv from unknown devices?