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Google Launches First Android Wear Devices, Featuring Always-On Displays and Card-Based Interface
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They don't look similar from a functionality standpoint. Of course both use cover art. Are they suppose to display round cover art to stand out? The app demos they showed looked nothing like any app on Apple TV. The Apple TV looks like an old Roku. That doesn't mean they are really that similar when you actually use them.
huh? well then if those look similar to you, then so does netflix and all other video services
It is when you see what Google came up with.
I'll make you a bet that 1 year from the time Apple comes out with their wearable that this design Google just showed will be obsolete and they'll have a new design that looks near Apples.
Just like they did with their Android phones...pre-iPhone and post-iPhone.
Well it doesn't look completely different that's for sure. Movies/suggestions on top, apps on the bottom.
You do realize... that when compared to Android most would consider iOS obsolete, yes?
So if Apple allowed apps on the Apple TV as an update what would make Android TV stand out? I'm just curious because I do not have a Google TV nor have I used one.
sigh... really with this old and tired saying? i saw plenty that apple copied from android in the past few years, yet you don't see me go around repeating that. and what if apple does come out with an iwatch, and it looks similar to this new android design language? what will your new schtick be?
The fact that you can actually use universal search. The Apple TV doesn't even have search except for iTunes content. When you search for something on Android TV or Roku, when you get a result, you can actually choose which app to launch it from. That seems like a minor thing but it makes discovering content much easier (plus if it is available on Netflix, you aren't suckered into playing for it on iTunes).
Almost every STB has passed Apple TV in recent years. The only thing that makes Apple TV really worth it to most people is Airplay. Hopefully, we will see an Apple TV refresh sometime this year as it is becoming pretty stale.
By "most" you mean tech geeks right? Because most of the average users who I see sporting a Samsung phone don't even know how to change widgets, default keyboards or default apps.
I watched the whole Google I/O video and it felt to me like Google leapfrogged Apple with a lot of their announcements.
Apples mantra of doing only a few things really well is hurting them when Google is simply throwing ungodly amounts of manpower at everything until there all good.
All you really need is someone to define rules, teach those rules to everyone else and review their work. And that is exactly what Google has accomplished they can assemble a legion of b-grade programmers to produce a-grade quality when they're all using the best developer tools and the best API's and following the same interface design rules.
Android TV is going to get a huge amount of support and it's hitting the market before the Apple TV. Those Android watches are going to beat the iWatch to market and already have very attractive designs especially the circular faced one.
And whilst Apple announced continuity first at WWDC, Google has taken that idea and ran further with it by actually letting you launch Android apps on Chromebooks while still offering the same functions that Apple is planning to provide with Yosemite.
I use an iPad, iPhone, MacBook Pro. I'm not switching to Android or Google's ecosystem but I was left really impressed and it felt to me like Google took huge leaps over what Apple showed at WWDC and that's really saying something considering that I felt this WWDC was Apple's strongest yet and I loved everything they announced.
Apples mantra of doing only a few things really well is hurting them when Google is simply throwing ungodly amounts of manpower at everything until there all good.
All you really need is someone to define rules, teach those rules to everyone else and review their work. And that is exactly what Google has accomplished they can assemble a legion of b-grade programmers to produce a-grade quality when they're all using the best developer tools and the best API's and following the same interface design rules.
Android TV is going to get a huge amount of support and it's hitting the market before the Apple TV. Those Android watches are going to beat the iWatch to market and already have very attractive designs especially the circular faced one.
And whilst Apple announced continuity first at WWDC, Google has taken that idea and ran further with it by actually letting you launch Android apps on Chromebooks while still offering the same functions that Apple is planning to provide with Yosemite.
I use an iPad, iPhone, MacBook Pro. I'm not switching to Android or Google's ecosystem but I was left really impressed and it felt to me like Google took huge leaps over what Apple showed at WWDC and that's really saying something considering that I felt this WWDC was Apple's strongest yet and I loved everything they announced.
Why because they came out with 3rd party keyboards first? The ones that would mine bitcoins off your phone and suck the battery life out of them? Or was it the notifications they first implemented. They rattled the phones to death since they didn't think about the reality of how people want to use them. But they were there first! That's innovation I guess.
You can't fix stupid, and you definitely cannot fix tech elite. Ergo, tech elite who think a laundry list of first features is what innovation is = stupid.
Gotcha, thanks for the info. I own an Apple TV and I use it to watch youtube videos or rent movies on iTunes. I hardly use the Airplay feature.
That's ridiculous considering Google prompts you to choose the default app, there's a notification menu option to select the default keyboard, and I've yet to meet someone (even my 68 year old grandmother) that doesn't know to hold down on a widget to change it. Just stop.
The same was said about apple's Control Center. "Only tech geeks would want this.", "No way this makes it into iOS.", "Blah blah blah blah".
Quickly accessing your wifi or bluetooth = stupid? Seeing your notifications at a quick glance = stupid? Being able to share information between apps = stupid?
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To each their own, but my AppleTv is by far my favorite apple product lol
Have to agree with you. Seems like they haven't learned much at all from Samsung's experiments.
I'm skeptical about Google's continuity feature because it is very difficult to get any 2 Android devices on the same version let alone 3 of them.
what happens if you own a chromebook, A Samsung phone and a Kindle Fire? Goodluck with that "seamless" integration. Unless it works differently.
As an
TV owner I must agree with this. You know what I use mine for? 2 podcasts a week (1 is audio,) streaming my library content when I'm doing stuff around the house and the rare YouTube video long enough to not watch on my iPad.
That's it. We need more customization/app options, not just a conduit to the iTunes store and some crappy free channels. Apple needs to step the TV game up. I hope Android TV lights a fire under Apple's backside.
have you used other products?
what do you use it for?
If it's for streaming netflix or movies, roku 3 is much faster and smoother.
If it's for watching local content, Apple TV is completely useless unless you're using airplay.
But airplay can stutter if you're streaming 1080p bluray resolution so it's better to directly connect HDMI.
what do you use it for?
If it's for streaming netflix or movies, roku 3 is much faster and smoother.
If it's for watching local content, Apple TV is completely useless unless you're using airplay.
But airplay can stutter if you're streaming 1080p bluray resolution so it's better to directly connect HDMI.
And very nice too. In fact, stunning.
I don't believe him. Especially when it comes to a 38k watch easily found using Google's reverse image search. Not to mention, the timepiece in that picture is a fake.