Last month, we reported on Google bringing the much-needed functionality that enables users to install apps on their Android-enabled smart TVs through their phones. However, the functionality was still being tested and was only available to some users.

Now, Google has begun rolling out the feature to a broader userbase. If this is the first time you’ve heard about this feature, here are its functionalities and advantages, as mentioned below.

Browsing apps on the Play Store on a smart TV is a hassle. Google is trying to fix this issue years after the release of Android TV by allowing users to install applications from their smartphones.

With the new server-side update, users can finally install an app on their Android TV devices from the Play Store on their smartphone. The option appears only for the applications that are available on Android TV. The only requirement is that the same Google account should be logged into both the smartphone and the Android TV device. The feature added a drop-down menu to the Install button on the Google Play Store, which shows a list of smart devices registered to your account. You can choose the device you want to install the app on from this list. This feature is similar to Google’s solution for the same issue related to Wear OS-enabled wearable devices.

The feature brings a breath of fresh air to the Android TV owners by tackling the problem of searching for on the Google Play store apps by typing in using the TV remote as well as the slower response times of TVs.

If you haven’t received this feature yet, you can manually update the Google Play Store on your device, or you might have to wait a few more days if the feature still doesn’t show up after installing the latest Play Store update.

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Android TV exists for a long time. But it is only now Google has started improving it. Last year, the operating system got a content aggregation service called Google TV, which is similar to Xiaomi PatchWall. Now, the search giant is slowly rolling out an easy way to install apps on this platform.

Play Store is the primary gateway for applications on Android for most users. Certified Android TV devices arrive with a specialized Play Store with apps optimized and developed specifically for the platform.

Browsing apps on the Play Store on a smart TV is a hassle. Google is trying to fix this after years by allowing users to install applications from their smartphones.

With the new server-side update, users can finally install an app on their Android TV devices from the Play Store on their smartphone. The option appears only for the applications that are available on Android TV.

The feature was first shared by a Reddit user called avigi, reports 9To5Google. We tried it ourselves and it works as intended. The only requirement is that the same Google account needs to be logged into both the smartphone and the Android TV device.

Unfortunately, since it’s a server-side update, the feature is still being seeded out to users gradually. It should be available for everyone in the coming days.

What are your thoughts on this new feature?  In what other ways Google can improve the Android TV experience? Do let us know in the comment section below.

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