Google is providing improvements to Google TV that will see smaller and faster apps. Back in February, the search engine giant announced new updates to make it easier to find content on Google TV. These additional improvements will help free up space and speed up the performance of the system.
Google says a new feature called App Hibernation will help Google TV to automatically force apps to hibernate. The hibernation kicks in when the app is not used for over 30 days. This update is applicable to Android S devices and above. When an app is put into hibernation, it optimizes the system’s storage space. Additionally, the announcement on the Google TV Community page says that Android App Bundles will be used to reduce the size of apps by 25%. This is done in a way that only the sets of apps you need are available rather than every app.
Google has seemingly shortened the time it takes for Google TV to wake up, in addition to improvement on the response time between the TV and button presses on the remote. The amount of time spent on loading animations when rebooting has also been shortened.
The new features, according to the Google Community blog post, have already been rolled out. However, more improvements are expected to be churned out before the end of 2023. These improvements are aimed at enhancing the overall user experience of Google TV. There are no detailed roll-out plans on the Google TV updates at this time.
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