Google has promised to play on all screens without the trouble of local processing via its platform Stadia. However, it will take a little time to saturate all possible screens. The chromo-broadcasts will be at the forefront when the service will be tested from November, while the Pixel 3 and 3a phones as well as computers with access to Chrome should join the pool. peripheral devices. But what if you have an Android TV? Well, you may have to wait a long time before entering Stadia.

These tea leaves come from the International Broadcast Convention in Amsterdam. Google generally takes the opportunity to promote its high-end services, including YouTube and Android TV. However, a participant informed XDA-Developers of a presentation of the company during the event, detailing the development path of Android TV for the next two years, based on updates to Android version day.

During the life cycle of Android 10, Google will work with TV manufacturers to customize the features of Google Assistant based on their products and services. It will also bring a new design to the Play Store – including new sections for subscriptions and content discovery – and pilot ads in the home screen and in the video stream.

Starting from Android 11 R – perhaps by the end of the summer of 2020 -, we should expect that more OEM partners will use the Google Assistant's customizations and more languages ​​to choose from. Assistant and that the program announces is developing. New TVs should come out with Google Lens and Google Camera to improve on-screen content. It's also at this point that Stadia should switch to Android TV.

Apparently, Android 12 S will bring more features in terms of the expansion of the wizard and new technologies on the platform, while starting to stay the course – bringing some consistency to the specifications and cost of possession – and by tightening the time to market. .

It seems that Google is about to reduce fragmentation as it implements intensive processing features (at least for a TV) on Android TV. Whereas the platform should give life to the best performance of Stadia – a 4K HDR video at 60 fps with Dolby 5.1 surround sound – it will take a while for everyone to find themselves on the same page.

Hopefully this 2020-21 calendar should give Google a bit of room to adapt Stadia to Android TV.