Google TV exploring fitness, smart home control, and other new features for 2022
Google's 2020 Chromecast with Google TV. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Google TV's director of product management Rob Caruso has outlined what the company's plans are for its TV operating system in 2022 in a new interview with Protocol. While Caruso stopped short of making any specific feature announcements, he said that the company is interested in offering fitness and video conferencing services though Google TV, and better smart home controls.
Caruso called fitness a big area of exploration," and cited Android's recent smart home control changes (which, for example, made them easily accessible from a phone's power menu) as a clue for what might come to Google TV. Zoom was cited as a potential addition to the platform (Google's own Duo video calling service is already available), and he said Google is...