Article is complaining about Amazon Prime. Doesn't mention how much better it was since they improved it 15 months ago. Fast forward sucks, same as in HBO Max. Netflix works well.
Pretty amusing how someone blames entire OS for 2 bad apps.
What a joke of an article. "Amazon Prime sux on Android TV!" Oh I don't know maybe it's because Amazon doesn't care any Android TV and wants you to use Fire TV instead. While there have been issues in the past I'd say companies are trying harder to update their apps to have a better TV experience.
In the UK, the only TV channel that has an Android TV app in the Play Store that works on all Android TV devices (i.e. not specific to Shield / Sony TVs, etc) is Channel 5.
Even the BBC don't have an Android TV app for all devices. You can cast, but even that doesn't work properly on all Android TVs for some apps (e.g. Channel 4 -- it works on a real Chromecast, or on my Nest Hub, but hangs after showing adverts on my Android TV)
A couple months into my first experience with an Android TV ecosystem and so far it is significantly better and more versatile than anything I have used for baked into a TV. Significantly more but I can do should I went to and all of the basic TV streaming situation is Rock solid and with assistant built into a mic on my remote incredibly easy to navigate. So far there is nothing different I would ask for.
The great news about operating systems on a TV though is that you get to switch to a new one if you like it better using like a $40 dongle.
the biggest thing I might say about Android TV, is the same thing I would say about Android oh, and that is that there are so many options and open things you can do that it is easy to break should you start wandering outside of the typical box.
Anything Amazon related is a mess - web, fire tv, android tv - it doesnt matter. I had to order something from Amazon.de store, and boom, my amazon prime app on tv is now in german :D Also it had a lot more movies, then in my country and even a bit different interface. WTF? :D
Wanted to rent a movie on browser on PC - after credit card number pressing place order just jumps me back a few steps with no explanation (in my country before german bug I had no options to rent movies in tv app). After long chat with support and them sending me different links to that movie, it turned to by my location problem - would it be so hard to put alert saying your location sucks?
I tho am using amazon prime only because of twitch - 6 months for 2.99 is worth the hassle. after this I will say goodbye to Amazon prime - not worth it.
The Prime Video app on my Shield is identical to the one on my Roku Ultra and I can watch HBO Max on my Shield. I'm good!
I would gladly pay Pornhub a lot of money for an Android TV version of their app.
Can't say this is true, I just bought and Android TV and it has tons of apps. For those looking for more obscure or local apps, wait... Android is growing fast. I've been using Roku for years and I love Android TV now.
Yeah never heard of people having issues just keep them updated and depending on the model and brand of TV some will be faster and work better than others.
Definitely not true of the Synology video player app.
Is the Netflix Auto preview stuck to always be on (Nvidia shield)? You can turn it off on other platforms.
The Hulu app is a disaster. I can't believe anyone thought that was a good idea.
The only app I see a huge difference is CruncyRoll on Android TV compared to Apple TV. I prefer the Spotify app on Apple TV but the Android one is still pretty good.
What pisses me off is there still companies that don't support this major platform as mentioned. How about still no ATV Spectrum app, no Qobuz music streaming app and no superior Ookla Speedtest app for starters?
True for instance it's funny that there is no Youtue Music app for Android TV.
I don't care becsuse I use Spotify but some Google things... Smh
Yeah, sadly I just had to buy a roku. No Android TV app support from my cable company's streaming service. It wouldn't be an issue though if YouTube TV hadn't just turned themselves into cable.
God damn this headline is true!
Meh. I haven't really had any problems. But then again all I use is Netflix, Prime, Youtube & Plex. They all seem to work fine for me. Yeah, Amazon Prime's UI sucks, but that's cross-platform.