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It would be up to Roku if Roku were willing to support Google with resources for developing their YT/YT TV apps. They literally have no power beyond acting as
by SR2Z 6y ago
It would be up to Roku if Roku were willing to support Google with resources for developing their YT/YT TV apps.
They literally have no power beyond acting as a gatekeeper for their users. Their omnisearch (which was awful, at least the last time I used it) is a major part of their strategy to try and guide users towards content they profit from.
Given that it's Google's job to guard the UX of their Roku apps, I think it's 100% reasonable for them to tell Roku to add HW support for new features and not gimp search inside the YT app.
- mrtranscendence 6y ago> not gimp search inside the YT app. I could see this argument if a search for music would lead to a search for (say) a music video. But the idea, as I understand it, is that a request for music to be played would instead be routed through YouTube Music. Even if I'm in the YouTube app, I'm not going to want my music search to go through YouTube Music -- I'm not a subscriber.
- SR2Z 6y agoI'm not sure exactly what qualifies a music search as a music search and not a search for a music video. The entire point of YT Music on a smart TV is that it's virtually indistinguishable from the default YT app.