Google TV iOS app takes over for Play Movies & TV

Nearly two years after it hit Android, the Google TV app is lastly coming to iOS for iPhone and iPad customers.

The revamped Google TV app replaces the Google Play Motion pictures & TV app on iOS, similar to it did on Android. The brand new expertise will probably be delivered through an replace within the App Retailer which begins rolling out at the moment.

What’s new within the Google TV app?

So, what’s new? Like within the current Play Motion pictures & TV app, the Google TV app on iOS means that you can view your bought motion pictures and TV reveals from Google or those which can be synced over from iTunes, Amazon, and different digital sellers through the Motion pictures Wherever service. However, like many different digital content material apps on iOS, you possibly can’t buy motion pictures and TV reveals instantly by the Google TV app. You’ve got to take action both by the online or an Android machine.

However now there’s a complete lot extra that the app can do. For one, there’s the flexibility to create a central watchlist that consists of content material from a wide range of streaming companies. Simply seek for the film or present you need, add it to the watchlist, and also you’ll be capable to discover it, no matter the place it strikes.

There’s now additionally help for controlling any Android TV OS machine with the Google TV app for iOS. Whether or not it’s a Chromecast with Google TV, TCL Google TV, or another Android TV OS machine operating Android 8.0 or larger, you’ll be capable to management it utilizing this app. Beforehand, this performance was dealt with by a devoted “Android TV Distant” app, however that was discontinued final 12 months, and the digital distant was then moved to the Google Dwelling app. On Android, the Google TV app has the in-app distant for TVs as does Google Dwelling.

Google TV is rolling out on iOS beginning at the moment through the App Retailer.

The demise of Play Motion pictures looms close to

This variation additionally indicators that the Google Play Motion pictures & TV model is nearing its inevitable finish.

Google TV, the sensible TV platform, natively integrates content material from what was Play Motion pictures, and the corporate has been phasing out the model throughout different platforms as effectively. Roku misplaced its Play Motion pictures & TV app final June, as did sensible TVs from Samsung, Vizio, and LG. These platforms had been as a substitute pushed to stream bought motion pictures by the YouTube app, which syncs all film and TV present purchases.

With the iOS app going away and Google having eliminated purchases from the Play Retailer on Android, the corporate is successfully cleansing up the final remnants of Play Motion pictures & TV. One of many final locations the place the branding stays at this level is on the legacy Android TV expertise, the place it could be a bit complicated to implement “Google TV” branding as an app.