Google’s smart TV platforms reach 150M active devices

At CES 2023, Google provided an update on the state of its smart TV platforms.

Over 150 million Android TV and Google TV-powered devices are now being watched each month—and that number is growing rapidly.

In January 2022, Google said that its TV platforms had around 110 million active devices per month. By adding over 40 million devices over the course of the year, Google and its TV partners have boosted the size of the ecosystem by around 35 percent.

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6 January 2023 | Developer

App Bundles will help trim Google TV apps

While it’s that time of year when most of us will put on some weight, Google is putting apps for its TV platforms on a diet.

Google has announced that apps for Google TV and Android TV will require the use of Android App Bundles (AABs) by May 2023.

App Bundles were introduced to Android in November 2020 to replace Android Package Kits (APKs).

According to Google, AABs offer the following benefits:

Smaller size – AABs are around 20 percent smaller...

22 November 2022 | Android