Google has started rolling out a new update to Google TV, significantly boosting performance and allowing users to access streaming services, apps, and live TV from a single interface. This update improves performance and also makes it easier for users to manage their device storage. The update will make the device run faster and smoother. These updates are available for devices running a minimum of Android TV 12, including Chromecast with Google TV, but not all TV sets and other set-top boxes.
The update includes the Google TV platform, including Chromecast for Google TV and other compatible devices. The update focuses primarily on optimization, which helps the device run faster and more smoothly. Secondly, storage space is optimized, allowing more free space to store other apps and content. This update also effectively manages storage by freezing unnecessary files or optimizing app storage.
Google TV devices improve their performance and make it easier for users to manage their device storage.
Google TV devices have improved performance and made it easier for users to manage their device storage. The company is offering less lag and faster loading times. There is also a new feature called App Hibernation, which automatically puts apps in sleep mode if they have not been active for some time. This helps keep memory and processing power minimal. Google has started rolling out the update to everyone, but it is rolling out gradually, so it might take some time to update everyone’s Google TV.
They have also improved the wait time for the device to wake up, so turning it on only takes a short time. It is more responsive, reducing the wait time for the device to start up. Apart from this, there are also improvements in the response time between pressing a button and seeing the action done instantly, reducing the latency when using a remote with the system.
Google Remote and device response times get reduced.
This update improves the experience, making Google TV faster and more efficient by giving users more control over their device storage. It is now more responsive and takes less time by reducing wait time and improving response time, including the reboot time loading animation when rebooting the device. The Google TV experience is faster and more responsive, with the first update aiming to reduce wait time. This update has been applied to both devices and remotes to reduce time.
Another thing is Hibernate, first introduced in Android 12, allowing users to free up storage without deleting the app from their device. This occurs if Google detects any apps not used in the last 30 days, forcing apps to hibernate. Installed apps on Google TV will be offloaded from the system to keep storage space free, but the data on the device will remain saved so you can access it later.
Android App Bundle Reduces the Size of TV Apps by 25%
This aims to optimize the APKs for a wide range of device configurations, enabling Google to deliver smaller and more optimized apps to users and reducing the size of app downloads and installations on devices. The company announced this, but it has only just started rolling out. Likewise, the Android TV OS has made the Android App Bundle format mandatory. It will improve performance and take up less device storage space, making it more responsive to user input. Overall performance will be smoother, resulting in a better user experience as waiting times will be reduced.
Despite this update not introducing any new features, it improves both storage and performance on Google TV by making necessary improvements to the speed and responsiveness of Google TV devices. This update is rolled out automatically, so users do not need to perform any additional actions themselves on their Google TV devices.