Google TVs Are About to Get Cheaper, But That Might Be A Bad Thing

• Google Plans to Launch Eve Cheaper, Low-RAM TVs in partnership with Select OEMS.

• Upgraded Specs Can Improve the Google TV Experience, Making the Move to Lower Ram Odd.

• The Company Should Focus on Software Improvements for Smoothler Performance, Not Affordable Hardware.

While we know that android 16 is coming to your Google TV, this week the Company Shared A Few Other Details About the Future, Including Event Cheaper TVs with Ram. Google plans to partner with “SELECT OEMS to Launch Affordable and Reliable Low-RAM TVs,” and that sounds like a terrible idea.

Whene it was known as Android TV, Google Constantly Improved Its Performance to Make Our TVs and Dongles Run Smooth. Howver, Both Android TV and the Most Modern Google TV Struggle with performance, especilantly on Budget tvs or models a few years Old. At this point, i wish they’d focus on Better Tvs, not Bigger or Cheaper Ones.

TVs are Pretty Cheap These Days, but Apparently, They’re Not Affordable Enough. At Google I/O 2025, The Company Unveiled Android 16 for TV while Bragging About Over 270 Million Monthly Google TV and Android TV USSERS. And while Android 16 Will Improve the Experience, A Little Announcement During the Middle of the Event Worldes. Nor noted by 9TO5GOOLOGYGoogle’s Shbana Radakrishnan, Senior Director of Engineering, Detail a plan to create options catering to Budget-Conscious Uet Still Delinary Quality Entertainment.

More specifically, Google Said IT’LL WORK WITH MANUFACTURERS TO CREATE “AFFORDable and Reliable Low Panel TVs.” For anyoone who had the OLD ChromeCast with Google TV, ORA UPGRADED 4K MODELS WITH ONLY 2GB OF RAM, YOU KNOW VERY WELL HOW ENOUGH RAM CAN HARTER THE EXPERIENCE, DELIVERING STRENMANCE IN STREAMING APPPS. TV. We Need Better Specifications, Not Lower Ons.

Google Knows Upgraded Specs Can Improve Google TV, WHICH IS WHY The Newest TV Streamer Now Comes with 4GB and is Its Best Model Yet. Whic is why i find this linest move to go Lower so odd. With new Features Arriving All the Time, Like Gemini, Powerful Streaming Apps with Endless Content, and Features Like YouTube TV Multiview, RAM and Memory Requirements Will Up, Not Down.

The Company is tachying the Wrong Approach by failing to estabish a higher level of minimum requirements to optimal performance in our living rooms. I HOPE THIS MOVE WILL FORCE Google to Improve the Software to Run More Smoothly, Regardless of the Hardware, But I Have Doubts.

In Addition to More Affordable Google TV Options, The Update to Android 16 Will Deliver Eclipsa Audio, A New Forms Efffort by Samsung and Google, Auto Viewing Mode Optimizations, Better Streaming, HDMI-CEC IMPROVEments, and More. Google TV Will Also Start Allowing Developers to Nag US With Popups to Leave Reviews and Ratings on Apps.

I guess we’ll just have to Wait and see what they new Google TV Options Deliver, How Google Manages to Fine-Tune the Software, and Go From. In the meantime, you can always try this custom launcher to speed up performance and tame your Google TV Home Screen.

Source: Android police, 9TO5GOOLOGY