Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

Most smart TVs come with Android TV or Google TV as their default app launcher. Although it shows most apps installed on the TV interface which are installed via the Play Store, there is always a ...

It’s been just a few months since Google started rolling out homescreen ads to Android TV, and in that time, users haven’t exactly let up in showing their displeasure over the change. As it turns out, ...

When the Archos TV Connect was unveiled earlier this year, I hadn’t seen anything else quite like it. The Archos TV Connect is an Android-powered device that sits on top of your TV, lets you run ...

The Xiaomi Mi Box S costs $60 on Walmart.com and will begin shipping on October 19, with preorders starting today. It runs Android TV 8.1, and its remote supports Google Assistant voice commands. Like ...

There are plenty of TV boxes available in the market today. Prominent among them are the ones that run on the Android platform. This gives customers a distinct advantage over other TV boxes, thanks to ...

Although Android technically runs on top of Linux, generally most Android devices abstract away the underlying Linux-ness of these machines. In theory this is a good thing; we wouldn’t necessarily ...

While the options for the best Android TV box are plenty, the NVIDIA Shield TV Pro is certainly among the best Android TV boxes that we’ve come across. Not only does the NVIDIA Shield TV Pro support ...

When you buy a TV streaming box, there are certain things you wouldn’t expect it to do. It shouldn’t secretly be laced with malware or start communicating with servers in China when it’s powered up.

“Android TV” has essentially two meanings on the market today. There’s the official Android TV OS by Google, which powers TV sets, streaming dongles, and set-top boxes, and then there’s Android, but ...