I'm looking to buy an 65 inch TV for my living room soon and I'd prefer it to be either Android or Google TV built in so I don't have to worry about getting a streaming stick or about an additional remote.
I have the 2020 Chromecast with Google TV in my 43 inch TV in my bedroom. I've always been a Chromecast user so when they announced the CCWGTV I instantly jumped on it.
I gotta say, I fell in love with how immersive the UI is and I can't pass up how great the recommendation system is. I love how everything is just right there in your face and how it pulls recommendations from your streaming services.
The feature I dig the most is the "Watchlist" feature. I love how easy it is to just save any TV show or movie to your watchlist for later.
I'm currently eyeing either the new Hisense U7G or U6G that are coming out this year, both which run Android TV.
But I'm wondering if I can add content to my watchlist from standard Android TV as well or if it's something that's exclusive to only Google TV.
Hopefully, the Hisense Android TVs will eventually get updated to Google TV. But I heard that TCL is coming out with some TVs that run Google TV and Sony already has some released. Heard the Nvidia Shield is rumored to get updated to Google TV as well.
I'd personally rather avoid having to plug in another CCWGTV if I can.
i have a shield and a CCwGTV.
the watchlist on the shield is accessible through the google tv/google play tv & movies app.
it's obviously far better on the CCwGTV but its certainly browsable on all devices.