What Android-based Google platform is designed for smart TVs?

What Android-based Google platform is designed for smart TVs? Android TV is Google’s Android-based platform for smart televisions and related media devices.

Google unveiled Android TV at Google I/O in June 2014 as the successor to Google TV. The first consumer device was the Nexus Player, released later that year. Android TV can be built into television sets or used in streaming devices such as set-top boxes, dongles, and soundbars.

The platform provides a television-focused interface, access to compatible apps through Google Play, voice search with Google Assistant, and casting through Google Cast. Manufacturers including Sony, Philips, TCL, Hisense, Sharp, and Xiaomi have released Android TV products.

A common mix-up is Google TV. Google TV is primarily a newer interface and content-discovery experience that runs on some Android TV OS devices; it is not the same name as the underlying platform in this question. Chromecast is also different: it is a casting technology and device family, not the Android TV operating system itself.