Is Google TV rebranded Android TV?
It is a rebranding and the new direction of Android TV. (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/09/google-merges-chrome...)
> “But while Android TV is the foundation of the new Chromecast, the whole experience feels very new. Because unlike TVs from Sony and set-top boxes from Nvidia and other brands that run the traditional version of Android TV, Google has created a new “Google TV” layer atop the operating system that completely replaces the old home screen experience.”
From https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/29/21494298/chromecast-googl...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...
What’s unique about this? It sounds entirely underwhelming.
And I especially say that as someone who enthusiastically bought a Nexus Player, only to get rid off it a few weeks later.
Chromecast with Google TV is more in line with Apple TV, FireTV, and the now discontinued Nexus TV.
How is this different?
Usually, the actual TVs that run Android are marketed as "Android TVs". It looks like streaming devices like Nvidia Sheild do so too when they're in fact not "Android TVs".