Google TV and Android TV
Google TV and Android TV are both smart TV operating systems developed by Google, but they have some differences in terms of features and user interface.
Android TV
- Android TV is a smart TV operating system based on Android and developed by Google for television sets, digital media players, set-top boxes, and soundbars.
- It was first announced at Google I/O in June 2014 as a successor to the commercially unsuccessful Google TV.
- It features a user interface designed around content discovery and voice search, content aggregation from various media apps and services, and integration with other recent Google technologies such as Assistant, Cast, and Knowledge Graph.
- Android TV provides a stock interface that is more focused on navigating between individual installed apps.
- It offers access to the Google Play Store for apps and games on your TV.
Google TV
- Google TV is a smart TV experience thats built into TVs and streaming devices from top brands and brings together streaming services in one place.
- It is powered by an underlying operating system called Android TV OS, but it features a modified user interface branded as "Google TV".
- Google TV provides content recommendations and discovery of titles across different services and installed apps, compared to the stock Android TV interface.
- It is more focused on providing a single destination to find all videos, and it offers a new user interface with a different look and feel compared to Android TV.
In summary, while Android TV is the underlying operating system, Google TV is a modified user interface that provides a personalized experience with content recommendations and discovery across different services and installed apps. Both platforms offer access to a wide range of smart TV apps, streaming services, and games, as well as support for voice commands with Google Assistant and casting with Chromecast.
