Google TV lastly getting an improve that Apple TV acquired 6 years in the past

It has been a very long time coming, however Google TV is lastly making a change that can carry their streaming gadgets nearer to the velocity and efficiency of Apple TV. In a message to app builders on Google’s official blog, Fahad Durrani, who’s a part of the Product Administration workforce at Google TV, confirmed that Google TV and Android TV will quickly require 64-bit app compatibility, saying that this modification “will supply improved efficiency, shorter begin occasions, and new viewing experiences on upcoming 64-bit Google TV and Android TV gadgets.”

This growth ought to assist put Google TV gadgets on extra of an equal footing with Apple TV, which has used 64-bit apps since 2019 in an effort to extend efficiency and scale back lag on their gadgets.

Although that is an thrilling growth, the change will not occur in a single day as Google has given builders a yr to organize, with the brand new customary formally changing into a requirement in August 2026.

Will older Google TV gadgets cease working?

Don’t be concerned, 32-bit apps will nonetheless work

In the identical message saying the improve, Durrani was fast to quell fears about older machine compatibility, saying “We’re not making any modifications to 32-bit help, and Google Play will proceed to ship apps to 32-bit gadgets.” This marks an enormous change in the way in which Google is dealing with this shift compared with Apple, which straight up eliminated 32-bit help in tvOS 13 again in 2019.

Although this growth opens the door for brand new {hardware} (together with a closely rumored replace to the Google TV Streamer) all of customers’ apps on varied Google TV (and Android TV) gadgets ought to proceed to operate for the foreseeable future, with builders simply now needing so as to add 64-bit variations for optimum compatibility with the subsequent technology of Google TV gadgets.