RIP Android TV distant app, whats up Google TV distant app

Google is killing its older Android TV distant. The transfer follows the corporate’s launch of its long-awaited Google TV distant app final week.

The firm confirmed to The Verge that the Android TV distant app will take a bow after the Google TV distant app — which can be utilized for different Android TV OS gadgets as nicely — is broadly out there. Android Police earlier reported the distant information.

“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 spokesperson mentioned. “After the new remote feature is widely available, the Android TV remote app will no longer be supported and available for use.”

To use the distant, the Android TV OS tv or gadget will want Android TV Remote Service 5.0, which has already began rolling out. Users is not going to have to manually replace their gadgets to get it. A spokesperson mentioned that the rollout will proceed by this week and can replace mechanically by the Google Play Store.

The new distant is accessible to Android customers from Quick Settings or by the Google TV app. A spokesperson informed The Verge final week that the brand new distant app might be out there solely to Android customers presently.