TechTvsGoogle TV’s getting an upgrade that could stop you swearingNewly discovered code suggests a genuinely useful new featureWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechTvsGoogle TV’s getting an upgrade that could stop you swearingNewly discovered code suggests a genuinely useful new featureWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Newly discovered code suggests a genuinely useful new feature
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Quick SummaryGoogle will reportedly add Find My Remote features to streaming devices soon, after references were discovered in Android TV 14.You will need a compatible remote control, however.
Google will reportedly add Find My Remote features to streaming devices soon, after references were discovered in Android TV 14.You will need a compatible remote control, however.
Google will reportedly add Find My Remote features to streaming devices soon, after references were discovered in Android TV 14.You will need a compatible remote control, however.
Google will reportedly add Find My Remote features to streaming devices soon, after references were discovered in Android TV 14.
You will need a compatible remote control, however.
Some tech updates are minor. And others will transform your life and have you dancing with joy in the streets. A newGoogle TVupdate may be in the second category, because it could mean an end to wondering where the hell you left the TV remote.
Finding lost remotes may sound like a solution to a very first world problem, but if your home is anything like mine then remote control hunting is a pretty common chore. So if nothing else it’s likely to be good for your mood.
What Google says about Find My Remote
The text strings in the code make it clear how the feature will work. They say: “When Find my remote is enabled, you can play a sound to locate your Google TV remote if it’s misplaced.
There is a button on your Google TV that you can push to play a sound on your remote for 30 seconds. This only works with supported Google TV remote controls. To stop the sound, press any button on your remote.”
There’s both good news and bad news in that description, because the key words there are “this only works with supported Google TV remote controls”. However, such remotes are coming.
Find My Remote is already in the newOnn Google TV 4K Prostreaming box from Walmart, and the description in Google’s code indicates that this is not a Walmart thing but a Google TV thing. So you can expect plenty more models fairly soon. We just don’t know which ones just yet.
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The new feature should be made available to any Google TV that ships with Android 14 for TVs, but we don’t know whether it’ll be coming to TVs with older versions of the OS – and if it is, when it’ll be made available.
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