this is new in this update

Google has announced Android 13 for smart televisions. Most of the improvements are happening behind the scenes with this update, but there are a number of novelties that are very useful for users.

Android TV 13

After the Android 13 update for phones and tablets, we have already seen the modified Android 13 Go update for phones with lighter specifications. This time it’s the turn of smart TVs, because in a blog post Google introduces Android TV 13.

The new software for Android TV and Google TV now lets users set the resolution and refresh rate on HDMI devices that support this feature. Smart TVs are also more energy efficient thanks to a better energy saving mode, and smart TVs can pause media if you switch your television to a different HDMI source.

Remote keyboard and privacy

In addition, smart televisions will work better with external keyboards that you connect via Bluetooth or USB. You can use different layouts for such keyboards and it works better in apps to link different functions to buttons on the keyboard.

There are also two innovations in terms of privacy. First of all, Android TV 13 supports physical switches that allow you to disable the microphone. On the other hand, you can also operate the microphone with the Google Assistant on your TV.

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Availability

Android TV 13 is not a major update, but there are even more optimizations that are less visible to users. Users will hardly notice that any have received the update, as there are no major interface changes for TVs either.

When we can expect this update on televisions will depend on your device. It’s hard to predict. Developers are only now going to adapt their software to the new version for the first time. The Chromecast with Google TV only recently got the update with Android TV 12.

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