Google TV Home arrives on the Play Store

Through the presentation on September 30th, Google renewed its lounge providing by launching not solely the brand new Nest Audio which replaces the unique Google Dwelling but in addition the Chromecast con Google TV, a new multimedia dongle with a brand new graphic interface (Google TV in actual fact). The app that powers the brand new graphic interface has now appeared on the Play Retailer beneath the identity of Google TV Dwelling.

The position of this app within the Play Retailer will permit the launcher of the brand new Chromecast machine to get UI adjustments, characteristic enhancements, and extra without having to attend for a complete software program replacement to be launched. Model 1.0.331643392 it’s the present construct obtainable on the Play Retailer and already has greater than 5,000 installs.

Regardless of sharing the identical icon because of the Android TV Dwelling app, the Google TV house display may be very completely different. It is constructed around the concept that folks need to spend much less time bouncing between completely different streaming service apps and extra time watching issues.

To realize this, Google has combined the contents of all of your favorite apps and companies collectively on the house display, though you’ll be able to disable it if you happen to want the previous fashion. In different phrases, Google TV is extra of a content material aggregator of the varied streaming companies {that a} launcher devoted to apps.

The publication of the Google TV Dwelling app, nonetheless, hides a catch: if you happen to attempt to set up on any Android TV machine (by way of sideloading), the brand new UI that aggregates the contents will not be proven but it surely at all times stays the identical as Android TV. Google has most likely simply laid the groundwork or perhaps made certain it is solely appropriate with the brand new Chromecast.