Tabs for Movies and Shows narrow the recommendations down by type.

It also pulls in trends from Google such as most-searched movies, topics such as “Tom Hanks” and videos from YouTube. Press and hold select on any movie or show thumbnail and you can see where it is available, watch a trailer, add it to a watchlist, mark it as already seen and like or dislike it. The first “for you” pane has personalised picks, a list of your installed apps, plus popular movies and TV shows across various genres and types curated by algorithm. Google TV also tries to bring content out of the apps and into the main interface, learning what you like as you watch, and suggesting more of what you might want to see. Also strangely not available yet is Google’s Stadia game-streaming service. You can still cast All 4 and BritBox from a phone to the dongle, but those looking to watch Apple TV+ or their iTunes library are out of luck. The big outliers are All 4, BritBox and Apple TV, which are not available. Most of the TV apps you’d expect are available, including Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Disney+, BT Sport, YouTube and the UK catchup services, such as BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub and My5. Individual apps for your media services work like they do on most smart TVs, navigated with the remote’s direction pad, select and back buttons. You can also add additional Google accounts for limited multi-user support such as the ability to access more than one account in apps such as YouTube. Scan the QR code on your TV, log in with the required Google account, and choose some apps to install. Once plugged in, the new Chromecast is set up using the Google Home app on an Android, iPhone or iPad in about five minutes. Google TV is the modern and much-improved interface for the Android TV operating system.

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