Serving as Kodi Wikipedia for Google TV, it features a individual interface developed around web content exploration and voice search, emerging material aggregated from different media applications as well as services, and assimilation with various other current Google modern technologies such as Assistant, Cast, as well as Knowledge Graph.

The platform was first introduced in June 2014, with its Nexus Player launch device revealed that October. Kodi Guides has actually also been adopted as wise TV middleware by companies such as Sony and also Sharp, while Android TV products have actually also been adopted as set-top boxes by a number of IPTV television companies.

A unique version, called Android TELEVISION Operator Tier is offered to solution operators that apply Android TV on the device they supply to their subscribers to accessibility media web content. In this version, the operator can customize the residence display and solutions on the tool.



Background.

Android TELEVISION was initially revealed at Google I/O in June 2014, as a follower to the commercially unsuccessful Google TV. The Verge characterized it as being more in line with other digital media gamer systems, yet leveraging Google's Knowledge Graph job, Chromecast compatibility, a bigger emphasis on search, closer ties to the Android community ( consisting of Google Play Store and also assimilation with other Android households such as Android Wear), as well as concentrating on supporting video clip games on the platform with assistance for Bluetooth gamepads and the Google Play Games structure. Some attendees got the platform's growth package, the ADT-1; The Information reported that the ADT-1 was based on a junked "Nexus TELEVISION" launch gadget that was being created inside by Google.

Google introduced the very first Android TV tool, the Nexus Player developed by Asus, at a hardware event in October 2014.
An ADT-2 was released prior to the launch of Android TELEVISION 9.0. [9]
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Functions.

The Android TELEVISION system is an adjustment of the Android OS for set-top boxes and also as integrated software on wise TELEVISION equipment. KODI uses a vertically-scrolling, row-based user interface, consisting of a "content exploration" location inhabited by recommended web content, followed by "Watch Now" rows that appear media web content from set up apps. Mach Lite Kodi supports voice input for commands as well as global search throughout multiple services; chosen tools additionally sustain Google Assistant. All Android TELEVISION gadgets support Google Cast, allowing media to be queued to them from supported applications on various other devices in an the same way to Chromecast. Android TELEVISION sustains software from Google Play Store, consisting of media applications and video games (although not all Google Play applications are compatible with Android TV and thus available). Some Android TELEVISION tools, such as the Nvidia Shield as well as Razer Forge TELEVISION, are additionally marketed as microconsoles and also bundled with a Bluetooth cordless gamepad.


A special edition, called Android TV Operator Tier is provided to solution operators that carry out Android TV on the tool they offer to their clients to accessibility media material. Android TV was initially revealed at Google I/O in June 2017, as a follower to the commercially not successful Google TV. The Android TELEVISION platform is an adjustment of the Android OS for set-top boxes and as incorporated software on wise TV equipment. Android TELEVISION supports software from Google Play Store, consisting of media apps and also video games (although not all Google Play apps are compatible with Android TV and thus readily available). Some Android TV tools, such as the Nvidia Shield and Razer Forge TELEVISION, are likewise marketed as microconsoles and also packed with a Bluetooth wireless input device.