Google TV experience gets major performance boosts, new updates

Google is constantly improving its users' TV experience, and this year has been quite significant in terms of the quantity and quality of updates Google TV has received. Obviously, there's always room for improvement, which is why the Mountain View company is making sure Google TV users know what to expect in the coming months. article published on its support site, Google has detailed its future plans for the Google TV experience. Although some of the changes mentioned have already been rolled out to users, many are waiting to be approved.

After providing Google TV users with a significant update earlier this year that increased app startup time and reduced RAM usage, Google has found new ways to improve your Google TV experience .

For starters, Google has improved the response speed of many Home screen features, including preloading rows of movies and shows before scrolling, optimizing tab loading, and ensuring that results are displayed. load faster when using search.

Additionally, Google has changed the device configuration to reduce the size of pre-installed apps that you don't use. As a result, your device will have more space for the apps you actually want to use.

These memory, speed and storage optimizations and improvements are already rolling out to Google TV users.

But wait, there's more! The new and improved Live tab introduced in April is getting a small upgrade. Two new categories will be available in the Live tab channel guide: Recent and Local News. Additionally, Google TV users will now see channels in a new “Free Live News & Opinion” row in the For You tab.

Finally, Google announced that it has added 14 new free channels to Google TV, including Xumo Holiday Movie Channel, DraftKings and Speedvision.