Coming to Google TV from a Fire TV Box/Stick

by xeu100

This is the Snow variant of the Chromecast with Google TV. Picked it up today after a large annoyance with the UI and overall functionality of a Fire TV. Here are the relative (to FireOS) pros and cons that I've noticed, as well as some comments on features I think would greatly help this out.

Firstly, the obvious Pros (in no specific order):

  • Snappy UI, compared to all the Fire TV lineups, it's just faster than them all.
  • "Cleaner" UI, this is more opinion but I just think the UI is cleaner.
  • Better integration, Google Assistant and Home just work faster than the Alexa app in my experience.

And the 1 con (which isn't even compared to the Fire TV, which also lacks a similar feature)

  • The lack of multi-user support on the home, the Fire TV also does not have this feature (though they do make progress).

I hope not only that I'll continue to enjoy my new Google TV but that it will continue getting features making it a great product.

stronghold_ossan

The only reason I use fire tv is because of apple tv+ app. The ui is sluggish as compared to android