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Google TV and Android TV: What Is The Difference?
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May 11, 2025
You have seen similar products with some labelled with Google TV and others labelled with Android TV. If you have found this confusing, I explain the difference between the Google TV and Android TV in this video. #googletv #androidtv #androidtvbox
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the world of consumer gadgets and
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digital technology can sometimes be
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confusing you have seen certain products
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with Google TV labeled on them and you
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have seen others with Android TV labeled
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on them you know that Google is the
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developer behind with products but you
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have always wondered what the
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differences are let's find out what's
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difference between Google TV and Android
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TV
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[Music]
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if you're familiar with Android
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smartphones think of how Google has
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Android operating system available for
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all and everyone to use in their devices
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and then Google has Google pixel
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phones but when you look at the user
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interface it looks different from what
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you see on other Android smartphones but
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same Android they run the same apps they
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have access to the same Services now
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that's the kind of difference that
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exists between Google TV and Android TV
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the differences between Google TV and
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Android TV is that Google has taken
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Android TV slapped a graphical user
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interface on it and then applied certain
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services to make it easier to find the
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content that you want think of Android
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TV like regular Android you can log in
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install apps watch your movies your TV
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shows blah blah blah it all works now
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Google TV is all of that but the
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graphical user interface that interface
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that you see that you interact with is
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different it is designed to recommend
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the content that you are looking for to
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you it picks content from all the apps
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you're signed into Netflix Amazon and it
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looks at your us usage pattern and tries
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to recommend what it believes will
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interest you the most to you on the
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screen when you sign in at the call
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there is no difference between the two
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they both run the same underlying
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software the differences are tweaks that
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Google has applied to how it looks and
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how it behaves so whichever of the two
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you buy whether you buy an Android TV
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product or a Google TV product you will
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get access to streaming services like
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Netflix Amazon Prime and all of the
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others you will be able to use
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YouTube install apps from Google's store
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you will be able to do pretty much the
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same things on both platforms but they
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look different and and they work a
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little bit different because of the
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extra modifications that Google has made
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into Google TV so buy an Android TV
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stick buy chomecast with Google or
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Google TV streamer buy an android setup
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Android TV setup box you're in good
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hands you are not going to miss anything
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on both but one will try to
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recommend shows and apps and services to
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you that the other won't the other just
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sits there you go into Netflix search
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for what you want you go into Prime
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video you go into show Marx search for
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what you want watch it move on while
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Google TV first and foremost tries to
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recommend things to you oh this is
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latest this is new uh just for you you
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know based on the fact that you watched
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this you will be interested in this
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other movies now that's Google TV
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there's a little bit of AI at work
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trying to match your tastes and patterns
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while Android TV just gives you the apps
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do whatever you want with them great
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customization you know how Android is
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you can play around with it you love to
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thinker Android TV will appeal to you a
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lot the customization options are
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amazing Google TV doesn't give that much
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of
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customization but it definitely tries to
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be your friend and to make sure that you
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get the content that interests you the
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most I hope that helped I'll see you
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again in my next video
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