Google Enhances TV Experience for Viewers, Acknowledges Flaws and Areas that Needs Improvement

As reported first by The Verge, Google works on a much faster, more convenient, and hassle-free experience for their viewers' usage of Google TV and Chromecast. The improvement contains the boot time upgrade, the overall performance, and the storage management of their services.

As per Google, these were all done by optimizing their CPU and managing the improvement of their cache. Through this, the home screen of the Google TV loads faster and it lessens the time of the startup. They added that the rollout on third-party devices will also be coming soon for Chromecasts.

Google TV will now only use a much lesser RAM to have faster performance for the viewers' TV experience. Users can now experience a faster response when loading the Live tab, browsing through the home screen, and even in the kids' profile.

Before the changes, consumers complained about the limited storage that the company is offering. According to 9To5Google, Google Chromecast only offers 8GB of storage with only 4GB of usable space. Installing more applications in Google TV made it very hard because of this reason.

Google responded to these complaints by adding a menu on the settings where users can free up space and clear the device's cache. This is where users can also uninstall unnecessary applications. In addition to this, an automated process continuously runs in the background to help the device free up space.

Through the end of the statement, Google made sure that updates will be added to the rest of the year that can make an improvement to their viewers' experience of using their services.

Rumors for the Upcoming Product

January this year, speculations surfaced that a higher-end Chromecast will be coming up that offers 1080p at a budget-friendly price. The rumors said that this will be powered by an AMlogic S805X2 chipset. This supports the AV1 Video decoding and the HDR10+ playback.

Based on a report by Protocol, this model will cost less than $40 than the current Chromecast with Google TV's $50 price that offers 4K HDR.

Roke and Amazon, Google's competitors, have devices that sell 1080p streaming dongles that cost $30 and $40. Although Google has a more powerful chipset than these two, Chromecast with Google TV retails in a much higher price and does not support AV1 hardware decoding.

By adding options to their consumers, this will help Google compete more effectively with its competitors by adding a cheaper option in the market.

Seven months after the report, Google still has not revealed its plans regarding the rumored product. But this upcoming October, an annual event will be held and users might want to wait for an announcement if this will push through.

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Written by Inno Flores