How to Use the New Google TV App

If you own an Android phone , you might have recently seen the Google fiddle Movies & TV app morph into something called but Google TV . But what is this newfangled app and digital storefront ? And how does it make getting to your streaming service well-to-do ? Here ’s everything you need to have it off about the brand new Google TV .

The newGoogle TVapp for Android follows the lead of the software on the Chromecast with Google TV streaming joint . The interface and key features are the same , and you may sync your check progress across multiple devices . The idea is that Google TV acts as a one - stop hub for everything you want to watch .

And understanding where you’re able to find your movies and television display is n’t always straightforward when it comes to Google . You might have observe that anything you ’ve bought from Google Movies & TV also shows up in YouTube if you ’re sign in with the same Google account ( on the entanglement , snap Your movies on the left ) .

The Google TV app wants to put all your viewing in one place.

The Google TV app wants to put all your viewing in one place.Image: Google

That continues to be the character , but Google TV should make viewing more straightforward outside of YouTube — including content you grease one’s palms and right directly from Google . stretch up the app and you ’ll get plenty of suggestions for ways you’re able to spend your money on the latest films and television shows .

Your purchases will all be carry over from Google Movies & TV , as will your profile and payment information , so you do n’t need to commence from scratch if you were using the previous app . What you’re able to do is tot in new streaming services : intercept your profile picture ( top right ) , then Manage services , and you’re able to sum up compatible apps that are already put in on your phone .

A wide variety of third - company service are supported , including Prime Video , HBO Max , Disney Plus , Apple TV+ , and , of course YouTube TV , though your excerption may vary depend on the gimmick you ’re on and the body politic you ’re in . There seems to be some variance between what you may get on an actual forcible Google TV machine and what you may get through the Google TV Android app .

Google TV will keep recommending new content.

Google TV will keep recommending new content.Screenshot: Google TV

you could bookmark poppycock from any machine where you have Google TV instal , as well as the Chromecast with Google TV . It ’s also possible to bring through items to your watchlist from Google hunt on the web and mobile , as long as you ’re sign into the correct Google account : Try searching for a motion picture or TV show , and in most cases you should see a Watchlist button in the information box on the right .

This being Google , you ’d gestate search to work out fairly well , and you may either beg the search button at the top of the interface or employ the “ Hey Google ” voice command to find something to watch . you could be moderately creative with your hunting terms : Look for a specific genre of celluloid from a particular decade , for example , or seek for goggle box shows star a particular thespian .

solicit your profile picture ( top right field ) , then select Google video preferences and paternal controls if you want to put age restrictions on the kind of fabric that can be consider . These controls are protected by a PIN but do n’t seem to desegregate fully with the main parental control background for Android , something that will perhaps come in the future .

Google TV brings multiple streaming services together.

Google TV brings multiple streaming services together.Screenshot: Google TV

From the same Google TV background menu you could manage the downloads hive away on your equipment , change the quality of subject matter sync to your equipment , and take whether or not to Enable splurge - watching — when this option is turn on , the next episode of the show you ’re watching will mechanically spiel after the current one .

The Google telly app for Android also doubles up as a distant control for compatible Android TV and Google TV gadget . Assuming your phone is on the same wifi web as the equipment you want to control , it should seem when you rap the be adrift outback clitoris that record up in the humble right hand quoin of the Google TV app .

And finally , what about iPhones and iPads ? For now the app on iOS and iPadOS is still Google Movies & TV , and as yet Google has n’t say anything about replacing it with Google TV — though we assume it will eventually , creating a interconnected experience and way into your cyclosis content no matter which equipment you ’re on .

You can sync your watchlist across multiple devices.