While the feature has been available since as far back as the PlayStation Vita, Sony has in recent years put an increasing amount of emphasis on its Remote Play game streaming service. As part of a new update, Android TVs running version 12 and those with a Chromecast 4K will …
Read More »Google has quietly stopped selling the Nexus Player
It looks like Google has quietly taken itself out of the TV set-top box game for now as it is no longer selling the Nexus Player on the Google Store. While the player can currently be found at a few places, some retailers have been out of stock for months …
Read More »Nvidia Shield Android TV Review
While set-top streaming boxes are a fairly saturated marketplace, most of these boxes don't take aim at gamers with powerful enough hardware. However, this is not the case with the Nvidia Shield Android TV, a sleek and small streaming box powered by the Tegra X1 20nm SoC, which utilises the Maxwell …
Read More »Android TV will get 4K Netflix support
Android TV, Google's own made smart TV operating system was announced at Google I/O last year, however, the bulk of its support is yet to come, with Netflix now on-board, supporting the platform with 4K content. Right now, 4K Netflix streaming is limited to a select list of 4K TVs …
Read More »Asus-made Google Nexus Player coming to the UK
Last year, Google announced its own Android set-top box, known as the Nexus Player. The device has been available in the US for a while but it is now heading over to the UK this week. Google's Apple TV rival was announced all of the way back in October, alongside …
Read More »Google: Android has one billion active users
Google’s Android operating system for mobile devices passed one billion of activations in September, 2013. While the number of activations is important, it does not indicate how many customers actually use a platform. On Wednesday Android and Chrome chief Sundar Pichai revealed that over a billion of people used Google’s …
Read More »Razer has announced plans to release an Android TV console
During Google's I/O conference today, it was announced that Razer would be releasing a gaming focused micro console powered by Android TV. Razer is best known for its gaming peripherals alongside its Blade gaming laptop but the company does like to expand with cool projects every so often. Android TV …
Read More »Noontec A9 Smart TV Box Review
Noontec aren't a very well known company in the United Kingdom but they have a fairly broad range of products available. We recently looked at their MovieHome V8 NAS Media Player which was sadly a little disappointing. A lack of features and substandard software interface put a stop to a …
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