Google’s Android TV platform has come a long way since those awkward early days of sluggish interfaces and limited app ...

There are currently two versions of the Shield from 2019 still available for purchase, despite being quite old. Those are the ...

When Android TV was introduced to the world back in 2014, the new TV-focused operating system wasn't packaged as a new entertainment platform as such, but more of an upgrade to its old (failed) Google ...

Android TV is a version of the Android platform which has been modified by Google to run on televisions with over 5,000 native applications. The platform is often found on devices from Nvidia, Hisense ...

Cheap TV streaming boxes seem like one of the most straightforward gadgets out there, but they can come with hidden costs. In 2023, researchers revealed that tens of thousands of Android TV boxes ...

Vo1d is a long-known botnet that infects Android TV devices, and security experts from XLab have now discovered a new variant that’s said to have infected over 1.6 million Android TV devices around ...

Google is lowering the minimum amount of RAM an Android TV device must have to 1GB. The previous minimum was 1.5GB for 1080p TVs and 2GB for 4K TVs. By lowering this requirement, OEMs will be able to ...

A report from last year revealed a massive Vo1d malware infection affecting 1.3 million Android streaming boxes. Now, a new variant has been growing rapidly and helping to push those numbers up.

The "Apps only mode" Google TV homescreen pares things back to the bare minimum, and then some. Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends Based on a study done by Xlab researchers, a new variant of the Vo1d ...

Everything that connects to the internet can be hacked by malware. This includes your phones (both Android and iPhones) and laptops (whether Windows, Mac or even lesser-known systems like Linux).

Some users are unable to open the Google Play Store on their Android TV and Google TV devices. The Play Store returns a “Can’t connect” error despite the device ...

Kourtnee covers TV streaming services and home entertainment. She previously worked as an entertainment reporter at Showbiz Cheat Sheet, where she wrote about film, television, music, celebrities and ...