Google announces new Android TV and Google Cast speaker partners as well as multi-room...
Without actually being present for any big announcements themselves, Google has had a presence at CES this year, with a number of new Google Cast speakers as well as AndroidTV units being announced. Google has this morning welcomed their...
Sony announces new 4K AndroidTV TVs coming in 2016 – Marshmallow updates are coming...
At CES today, Sony unveiled a new series of UHD HDR TV's with Google's Android TV platform running. This is Sony's second generation of Android TV units, and the new series will be available in two series in a...
Sony The Latest To Announce Google Cast Speakers at CES
It now seems that everyone is doing it. Google must be over the moon for so many companies to be adopting their Google Cast technology into their wireless speakers. This morning we reported on Harmon Kardon announcing their new...
Digitally Imported Radio supports Chromecast … and somehow I missed it
Look, we try to post news at Ausdroid, not olds. This is firmly in the latter category, but I have an excuse. Let me tell you some more. I've listened to Digitally Imported Radio for years ... in fact,...
What needs to happen in Android in 2016?
As we approach the end of 2015, we've looked back at some of our highlights for the year. We've also - sometimes privately, sometimes together - been discussing what lies ahead for Android, and we're not the only...
Google’s Santa Tracker is great fun for the kids young and old on Christmas...
If you're like most people, Christmas Eve can be a pretty challenging day. There's last minute things to do, gifts to buy if you're disorganised, food to buy, prepare and cook, and somewhere amongst all of this, the children...
More Chromecast games are now available to play on the big screen
Better make sure you have a Chromecast under the tree this Christmas, with Google announcing more Chromecast compatible games for you to play with your friends and family.
There's seven new games available to play, though three of them from...
Chromecast Audio gets two new features
Following the launch of the two new chromecasts devices, a replacement media streamer and a dedicated audio streamer, in September Google has today announced two new features coming to the dedicated Audio streamer, the Chromecast Audio, Hi-Res audio support...
Android TV launcher updated, now allows customisation of app placement
As is becoming the way of these smaller announcements from Google, an Android TV team member took to Google+ this week to announce an update to the Android TV Launcher app. Amongst the normal 'bug fixes' and 'performance improvements',...
Twitch now lets you watch others play your favourite games on Android TV
Twitch has added Android TV to its list of supported platforms, with 1080p streams at 60fps supported on the platform.
The service has gone through some changes over the past year, particularly since the announcement of YouTube Gaming in August....
Owners of the Nexus Player, Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X getting washed out display...
Owners of the Nexus Player, Nexus 6P and Nexus 5X are apparently experiencing an issue with their displays looking washed out when playing back video. The bug apparently causes blacks to look grey, no matter what video content is...
Foxtel’s Presto service finally arrives on Android TV
After launching in April this year with little to no support from local video content providers, Foxtel's Presto service has today announced that they have launched their Android TV app.
The app is aimed at the current line of...
Get a 3-month subscription to Spotify from Chromecast offers
Music lovers you can get a little bit excited today with a new offer, for 90 Days worth of Spotify Premium, showing up on the Chromecast offers page.
The offer, which gives 90-days of access to the premium ad-free...
SBS launches plans for 2016 which includes finally bringing Chromecast support to On Demand
Along with launching their new Free-To-Air channel SBS Food, Australian public broadcaster SBS has today announced their plans for 2016 with a raft of new shows and finally an announcement advising that Chromecast support would be coming for On...
Buy a selected Sony Android TV and get a free Xperia M4 Aqua
If you've been looking at the great range of Sony Android TV's on-sale, now's a great time to buy one. As part of their 'Summer with Sony' promotion Sony is offering to give you an Xperia M4 Aqua smartphone...