The Google TV application for Android will offer users a handy widget to access some features more quickly… but it will also probably display recommendations on what content to watch.
The Google TV app on Android continues to evolve. A few weeks ago, it benefited from a new design that allowed it to better integrate with the Material You interface adopted by the mobile operating system since Android 12. And as noted 9To5Googlethe app will soon offer a widget.
Traces of this feature were discovered in Google TV version 4.38.7.4, which appears in the list of widgets. At the moment the widget is not ready and should be distributed in a future update, but we already know that it should adopt a default size of 4×5 on the home screen, which is quite cumbersome.
An imposing but complete widget
The widget has a search bar. Pressing the magnifying glass icon opens the smartphone’s virtual keyboard, which allows you to search for specific content. A remote control icon also appears. It refers to the tool for navigating through the smartphone to the Google TV interface on television, similar to the one offered by the Shield TV app for the NVIDIA TV box of the same name. Pressing the Google TV logo in the center simply opens the Home tab of the app.
Given the 4×5 space required for inserting the widget, the final version is likely to incorporate other features. In particular, we can think that the contents will be highlighted by the widget through a system of recommendations, as the widget of the Netflix application already does, for example.
Google TV shouldn’t be the only Google app getting new widgets. The Contacts and Google applications should also benefit from one widget each. These have already been spotted and work on Pixel 7 Pro running Android 13 QPR2 beta. They do not currently work on other smartphones.
Source: 9To5Google
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