Google TV reduces size of apps, makes devices faster: All the details – Times of India

Google TV is a smart TV platform developed by Google. It is an operating system that runs on smart TVs, allowing users to access and stream content from various streaming services and apps, as well as search for content across all available platforms. Launched in September 2020, it was an upgrade on Android TV. Google routinely launches new features for Google TV. The tech giant has added two new features. The latest features focus on improving storage space, making devices faster and overall offer a better experience.
App Hibernation and more
In a blog post, Google said that it is introducing new ways to reduce the amount of storage space utilised on Google TV. Google is doing this by reducing app sizes and hibernating background apps.
“App Hibernation is a new feature that will automatically force apps to hibernate when not used for over 30 days (on Android S and above devices),” the company said in the blog post.
The other new feature focuses on reducing the size of the apps. Google says it has leveraged Android App Bundles for Google TV, which will result in reducing the size of the apps by roughly 25%. “This frees up space on your device to download even more apps and to watch your preferred programs without worry,” the company said.
These features have already rolled out to devices and users don’t need to do anything to use them.
Furthermore, Google has also made certain updates to devices and remotes to eliminate wait time. “We reduced the time it takes to wake up your Google TV, the response time between your TV and button clicks on your remote, and the amount of time you see the loading animation when rebooting your device,” said Google.
Google said that the improvements are already rolling out to users.