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 shall be out there for customers both by means of the Quick Settings menu or by means of the Google TV app and is reportedly solely out there for Android customers for the time being.

As per a report by Android Police, Google has ended help for the Android TV distant app. As talked about, the app is not seen on the Google Play retailer app or web site for customers who didn’t beforehand obtain it on their gadgets. 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 shall be discontinued totally as soon as the Google TV distant app is broadly out there 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 wish Android TV Remote Service 5.0 — which has already began rolling out — on their Android TV OS tv or gadget. The spokesperson additionally reportedly talked about that the replace shall be rolled out routinely all through the week and can replace routinely by means of the Google Play retailer.

Google announced the brand new Google TV distant app by means of 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 gadget. The new distant may be accessed through the fast toggle settings or by means of the Google TV distant app and shall be arriving in 14 extra international locations.