Android TV slips out some of the best features of Google TV

Android TV slips in some of the best content discovery tools from the Google TV platform, including a watchlist and more refined recommendations.

Starting this week, Android TV users will be able to add titles to a watchlist that will display online in the Discover tab. To add movies and series to this section, users can either select ‘watchlist’ from a title’s details page or long press a title from the Discover tab and select ‘add to the watch list ”. Additionally, users will be able to add shows to this section from their other gadgets with Google search or by using the Google TV mobile app.

Google TV also offers the ability to narrow down the types of titles a user recommends with a map swipe tool. This feature is now making its way to Android TV, allowing users to decide whether they want to see titles more or less similar to the recommended one. This tool can also be found in the Discover tab or in settings by selecting Device preferences, Home screen, then Content preferences.

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Finally, the trailers will play automatically on the detail pages if available. If that’s not your thing, the feature can be turned off in settings by going to device preferences and then to the home screen under ‘Turn on video previews’. The changes follow a previous update earlier this year to the Android TV interface. Like these latest features, this one also made the Android TV experience more like what you get with Google TV.

A spokesperson said users will start seeing these features appear on their Android TV interfaces starting this week.