Developers can now publish Android TV apps to Google Play
Android TV is about to take off in a big way - not for us of course in Australia, with no official Android TV on-sale as yet, but the platform as a whole is now open for business according...
Nexus Player international rollout may mirror the Chromecast
The Nexus Player may have finally received FCC certification in the US and finally gone back up for pre-order in the US, but out here in the rest of the world, availability information remains scarce.
Rumours are now starting...
Nexus Player is in stock on the US Play Store
After a couple of hurdles getting going, the Nexus Player has finally recommenced sales on the US Play Store.
US$99 will get you the Nexus Player, while US$39.99 gets you additional controllers and a further US$14 for shipping will get...
Chainfire releases Sideload Launcher for Android TV to make accessing apps easier
Chainfire, who we all know and love as the might behind the SuperSU app for root access on Android phones and tablets, as well as a variety of hacks and tricks all over the shop has turned his attention...
A second generation Chromecast is coming according to Google Executive
After spying updated Chromecast hardware skating through the FCC just last week, the race has been on to find out more information about the new dongle and any updated features it may offer. Google has so far been mum...
AnimeLab launches Android app with Chromecast support
Anime streaming service AnimeLab, run by Australian based Madman Entertainment as a successor to their Madman Screening room has launched their Android app and miracle of miracles it comes with Chromecast support.
The AnimeLab streaming service currently offers over 60...
Android 5.0 SDK now available to download – API level 21 is here.
Along with updated developer preview images for the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7, Google has today released, as promised, the SDK for Android 5.0. The new SDK brings API level 21 to the Android SDK, and there's quite a...
Members of the Chromecast team host Reddit AMA
Six members of Google's Chromecast team took to Reddit to host an AMA this morning. Majd Bakar (Engineering), Ambarish Kenghe, David Allison and Mark Scott (Product), Sarah Walter (User Experience) and Jacky Hayward (Community) spent a few hours tackling...
Google may eventually allow OEMs to customise Android Wear, Auto and TV
Android has spread. As head of Android, Sundar Pichai said in his blog post announcing Android Lollipop this morning 'it’s designed to be shared', but so far, Google hasn't really shared access to Android Wear, or other upcoming Android...
Updated Chromecast possibly with 5GHz Wifi support stops by the FCC
Google announced the game changing Chromcast dongle over a year ago now, and it's seen a massive turn around in fortunes for Google in the living room. With yesterdays announcement of the Nexus Player, most people though that ...
Plex announces support for the Nexus Player
The launch of the Nexus Player was a bit of a surprise this morning, with most leaks in the lead up to the announcement focusing on the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9. But a Nexus 'TV' is quite welcome...
Meet Google’s new Nexus family: Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Nexus Player
Google has just announced the latest members of its Nexus family, the Nexus 6 smartphone made by Motorola, Nexus 9 tablet made by HTC and surprised us all with the first Android TV device - the Nexus Player made...
Backdrop for Chromecast goes live with your favorite photo albums from Google+
Back at Google I/O, Google announced new functionality coming to Chromecast that would embellish the current crop of beautiful imagery that's displayed as a screensaver when your Chromecast isn't 'casting'. Called Backdrop it promised to allow you to add...
Android TV Developer kit – the ADT-1 Unboxed
The battle for the living room is on. Google has been trying to get there for years now, beginning back in October of 2010, when they launched their first TV box, Google TV. They initially partnered with Logitech and...
Google updates Chromecast section in Play Store to Google Cast
Google has been moving towards the term 'Google Cast' for their Chromecast functions for a while now. To emphasise this, it appears Google has updated Google Play Chromecast apps section of the Android Google Play Store to be now...