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Confused as to why "Google TV" didn't win out in the end. Seems like the obvious choice. Is it boring? Sure. Does it immediately tell you absolutely everything

• vanshg 2y ago
  Google TV is already the name of their software platform (based on the Android TV OS) that TVs run
  • wkat4242 2y ago
    Yes but that's really the same as this just in a separate box. Makes total sense to bring it under the same naming tree. I'd call it "Google TV Box" though. Streaming is too contrived and not everyone knows what it means. Xiaomi use the Box naming too and that seems to go down well.
    • zeven7 2y ago
      Agreed. My initial guess was that the Google TV Streaming name had something to do with a Twitch-like streaming platform.
    • mikelward 2y ago
      Or maybe Google TV Hub if it has Matter and/or smart home functionality.
• dragonwriter 2y ago
  > Confused as to why "Google TV" didn't win out in the end. The reason Google TV didn't win (and the reason why it kind of did) is that Google TV already won for something else closely related, which this is being associated with: https://tv.google/ https://tv.google/
• ssl-3 2y ago
  Google TV did win, didn't it? "Modern" Chromecasts (the ones that include a remote and which have a local UI) have Google TV, and are sold as such. https://store.google.com/us/product/chromecast_google_tv https://store.google.com/us/product/chromecast_google_tv (If not, then: What am I missing?)