![]() Hibernation Haven Shop our latest Quilts & Pillows See all Cameras, Printers & PhotoCentreĪmazing deals on the latest fitness tech Shop now.Asking questions of Assistant, like the weather or sports scores, also took up the bulk of the display, which impedes what you're watching.MOBILE DEALS Find your calling from our hottest Mobile brands When watching live TV, that delay is too long. Asking to watch the Yankee game took over 10 seconds before the game appeared on my TV. The Assistant also lagged at times when completing requests. That may have been the total price with tax (it did not say either way), but it's odd the interface wouldn't just display the total price up front. ![]() Buying was listed as $19.99, but clicking through revealed it was also only available in 4K, for $21.31. It listed $3.99 to rent, but clicking through only gave an option for 4K at $4.25. The Google Play listing was also confusing because it doesn't show which option would play in 4K, and its pricing for renting and buying were off. Once again, I'd prefer to just watch the Disney Plus version (which is part of my subscription) and not see any of the others. For a smart service, it should recognize that I subscribe to Disney Plus and offer that option, in part because Disney streams in 4K HDR - as opposed to the plain HD version from YouTube TV.Īsking to play Captain America: The First Avenger (yes, I'm a Marvel fan) brought up options to either play on Prime Video immediately or choose from five different sources - one of which was Disney Plus - or renting or buying from Google TV via the Google Play Store. Instead, Google TV took me right to YouTube TV and TBS (which has the cable rights to the blockbuster film). Asking for Avengers Endgame took me right into Disney Plus, but asking for Infinity War didn't link me to Disney Plus at all. There were some quirks, however, which seemed to vary by what I asked to watch. I was able to get Alexa to go right to a channel if I said the station's name, but Assistant could go to the game with me saying only the subject - a much simpler and easier viewing experience. Saying "go the Yankee game" took me straight to ESPN on YouTube TV regardless of what app I was currently using, a feature Alexa couldn't match despite integrating with Sling TV. Google's digital helper was much more responsive than Alexa, Siri and the Roku remote's still-unnamed assistant. In my few days of using the new Chromecast, I really enjoyed having access to the Assistant, which can be summoned by holding down the button on the remote. The best part of the Chromecast with Google TV isn't the remote or interface, but the way it ties in Google's Assistant. I also could never get picture-in-picture to work, despite it at one point being listed in settings as being available for Sling TV. Google Stadia is also available, for those who have opted into Google's vision for cloud gaming. I liked it a lot better than the old Android TV interface found on the TiVo Stream 4K, Nvidia Shield and Sony televisions, which grouped content by app provider and required a lot of vertical scrolling to get to the apps or shows you wanted. In general, I found that the software wasn't quite as snappy as Amazon's platform, but it largely did its job fine. The interface at times did hiccup when switching apps and returning to the main menu, sometimes displaying a blank bluish screen as it appeared to be refreshing content. The For You section is the default home page, and I found it did a nice job, quickly allowing me to see what's on now from the channels I watch, resuming shows I was watching on a number of different services, and displaying movies and TV shows I might like.
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