Google is eradicating the Android TV distant app from the Google Play retailer following the arrival of the Google TV app distant, as per a report. The Android TV distant app is reportedly solely seen to customers on the Google Play retailer app or the web site if they’d beforehand downloaded it. The new distant will likely be accessible for customers both via the Quick Settings menu or via the Google TV app and is reportedly solely accessible for Android customers in the intervening time.

As per a report by Android Police, Google has ended help for the Android TV distant app. As talked about, the app is now not seen on the Google Play retailer app or web site for customers who didn’t beforehand obtain it on their units. The exact date for the delisting of the Android TV distant app is unsure however the report mentions it occurred after August 1.

Google confirmed to The Verge that the Android TV distant app will likely be discontinued fully as soon as the Google TV distant app is broadly accessible to customers.

“We’re making the experience of using your phone as a virtual remote control faster to access and easier to use by upgrading the UI and integrating the feature directly into the Android mobile OS as well as the Google TV app,” a Google spokesperson was quoted as saying.

The report additional mentions that customers would want Android TV Remote Service 5.0 — which has already began rolling out — on their Android TV OS tv or system. The spokesperson additionally reportedly talked about that the replace will likely be rolled out robotically all through the week and can replace robotically via the Google Play retailer.

Google announced the brand new Google TV distant app via a publish on its Keyword weblog on September 23. The new app will let customers utilise their smartphone as an auxiliary distant for utilizing their TVs — Google TV or any Android TV OS system. The new distant might be accessed by way of the short toggle settings or via the Google TV distant app and will likely be arriving in 14 extra international locations.