Android TV home screen gets another facelift,This time with some Google TV goodness

in its life cycle,Google's Android TV sees two core designs the company builds on top of。Google TV is expected to replace the Android TV build next year,But now Google is bringing a lot of this experience to current hardware。Android TV home screen will get personalized recommendations with new,"Discover" tab, etc. to be updated。

Starting today and rolling out over the next few weeks,Android TV devices will see an update to the home screen,This will provide an experience much closer to the viewing experience on Google TV。it is not an exact copy,But the similarities are obvious。

The biggest change here is,Same as Google TV,The Android TV home screen gets three tabs too - Home,Discover and apply。The main home tab (shown above) behaves very similarly to what Android TV already offers。it shows sponsored row at the top,And below that it says "Favorite Apps" and "Next Playing"。from there,you will line up,which contains content from apps installed on your Android TV。

Android TV is also getting a new "Discover" tab,This is completely new to the experience。This tab is most reminiscent of Google TV。Like the "For You" sticker on these devices,Included here are popular movies and TV shows on Google Search along with personalized recommendations。As far as we know,The "Follow" feature that makes Google TV so great can't be seen here。at last,There is also an application tab,Which shows all installed apps with a link to the Google Play Store。

Google says,This redesigned home screen will be available in the US as well as Australia,Canada,Launched in Germany and France,and more countries will follow suit。

it's an interesting moment,Because Googlesaid before,The goal is to transition current Android TV hardware to Google TV UI over time。but,Google previously teased that "certain features" of the new UI would be ported back to Android TV,This seems to be a fulfillment of the promise。in some sense,It also became a stopgap solution for TVs and set-top boxes,And these TVs and set-top boxes will not be updated to the Google TV UI as a whole。

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