It intelligently presents available content to the viewer.
REVIEW GOOGLE TV TV
The new TV & Movies app is a major revision of the first generation’s search function. GTV’s strength has always been its search function that queues several internet sources and the owners cable TV guide.
It accomplishes this goal, but the additional content is mainly just from Netflix, Amazon and Youtube as Hulu, ABC.com, NBC.com and all the rest of big media’s ad-supported websites are blocked. Pages load quicker and it’s overall a more natural internet experience.Īt its core, Google TV is about serving more entertainment content to the viewer. Basic features like bookmarks are finally present. Part of Google TV’s draw is the web browsing and it’s vastly improved in Google TV 2.0. That way, you know, people are less likely to stumble upon them.
It’s so bad that it’s understandable that Google clumped the lot together in one app rather than featuring the content separately. Any of the so-called “Spotlight TV optimized websites” stutter and are generally laggy in operation. The older chipsets still choke on the HTML 5 apps. Google previously stated that it was designed for the older hardware but new models are coming next year that feature new CPUs so the performance should get even better. The new system runs silky smooth even on the year-old Sony Internet TV Blu-ray player.
REVIEW GOOGLE TV ANDROID
Google TV is now built on Android 3.1 rather than 2.2. It also provides a natural navigation path to the apps and the new key features of TV & Movies, YouTube and Chrome. These are the most used apps or swapped for favorites. The home screen is now a single bar of icons that overlays the background content. The Honeycomb influence is undeniable and it works well on the living room scale of things. Google TV 2.0 features a mostly unified experience throughout and Android users should feel right at home. Different screens featured different design cues each screen was almost completely different. Content is king and Google TV sill doesn’t wear the crown. However, most of the downfalls of the older version had nothing to do with user interface. Most of the functions and design elements previously missing are elegantly included. It runs like a champ and it’s clear that Google engineers paid close attention to criticism of version 1.0. Hear this: The latest Google TV, referred to as Google TV 2.0 throughout the rest of this review, is a star performer. But it’s still nothing more than a fancy Netflix and YouTube box. Oh how I wanted Google TV to finally be the bridge between cable and internet content. Google TV, at least in this latest incarnation, fails to impress or resolve the major fundamental issues that doomed the first version. There doesn’t seem to be an exit path to the mainstream. The product is teetering on a ledge between falling into an abyss of obscurity or sliding downhill into geekdom. It’s with a heavy heart that I write this revised Google TV review.
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