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Why don't these devices run Android? Pretty sure you can run YouTube on a 2011 Android release. That's not important to Sony, of course, but even for new hardwa
by dmurray 7y ago
Why don't these devices run Android? Pretty sure you can run YouTube on a 2011 Android release. That's not important to Sony, of course, but even for new hardware it seems easier to make it run Android and shovel your bloatware on it than to develop your own half-assed OS for each TV model.
- clhodapp 7y agoGoogle TV is a super-mutated version of Android... Google turned their back on it in 2014 in favor of something that was closer to normal Android.
- sorenjan 7y agoYoutube's required Android version is listed as varying depending on device on Google Play, but on apkmirror.com it says that the minimum version is Android 4.4+. That was released in 2013. https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/youtube/youtube-14-43-55-release/ https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/youtube/youtube-14-...
- londons_explore 7y agoThat's for the latest version of YouTube, but I believe an old version of YouTube will still work fine with today's servers, at least for basic video watching (commenting etc. broke in the big Google plus debacle)