The Google/Android TV and boxes section covers Googles foray into home media through its smart TVs, licensed dongles and off brand Android powered devices.
We took a look at the MeCool M8S Pro Android TV Box. The box fares quite well as a mid-tier Android box. It appears to be running an Android TV emulator as opposed to the official Android TV OS. It functions like more well-known products like the Nvidia Shield using the lean back style Android TV launcher….
Android TV O is the latest look for the Android tv operating system developed for connected TV devices and smart TV’s aligned with Googles online streaming ecosystem. The new set up was previewed last year at Google IO but has not been seen on any of the major products as of yet. We had a chance…
I’m an old fart (turning 50 this year) and to say that I’m set in my ways is a bit of an understatement. It’s not that I’m scared to try new things, it’s just that when I find something that I like, I tend to be content. So to be honest, the idea of checking…
Let me say up front that this story is an editorial piece. It addresses an issue that has been simmering in my mind for a long time, It addresses what I view to be Amazon’s hypocritical position on Android box sellers in regards to preventing piracy. In this story, we provide links to the illicit…
The Android TV operating system offers some pretty nice features that you can not find on boxes that are sold online as “AAndroid Boxes” The most important difference between Android TV and a box that runs Android is that Android TV boxes are set up to run apps that are made for TV’s and can…