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Google is marketing Android TV more as an OEM solution for smart TV vendors at this point. And I don't know that superior / inferior plays into it really. Stan
by exelius 11y ago
Google is marketing Android TV more as an OEM solution for smart TV vendors at this point.
And I don't know that superior / inferior plays into it really. Standalone Android TV devices just don't make a lot of sense because there's no demand for them. Consumers trust Apple to make shitty experiences less shitty, so until Apple leads, there is no market. It's the same as it was (is?) for tablets: there's not really a market for tablets, but there's a market for iPads. I think that's what we'll see with the Apple TV.
- minthd 11y agoBut haven't things changed? Google can do good design today, unlike before.Do consumers not believe this ?
- simonh 11y agoRemember Google TV? Flash support on Android? How is Google Glass working out? What proportion of Android phones get regular OS updates, and how does that bode for Android TV updates? Google's corporate culture is to move fast and break things. That works great for online services that you can iterate on rapidly and fix for everyone quickly, but once you sell a product to a consumer how does it get updates? How does it get fixed? How do you overcome a bad initial experience? Apple has faced all of these problems and over many years has built addressing them in to it's DNA, it's corporate instincts. Google has never had a good answer to these questions.