A helpful perk has been included within the newest Android replace for Google TV that ought to make it simpler to search out lacking remotes. Android Authority studies that the beta launch for Android 14 for TV — introduced throughout final week’s Google I/O convention — accommodates references to a brand new “discover my distant” characteristic.
One textual content string discovered inside the replace reads as follows:
There’s a button in your Google TV that you would be able to push to play a sound in your distant for 30 seconds. This solely works with supported Google TV distant controls. To cease the sound, press any button in your distant.
AFTVNews discovered the identical message is displayed on the Onn Google TV 4K Professional streaming field that Walmart launched earlier this month with assist for the brand new discover my distant characteristic. It additionally reveals a toggle to allow or disable it, and a button to check the sound.
The remote-finding characteristic may be triggered by urgent a button on the entrance of the Onn streaming field, in accordance with AFTVNews, which then causes the bundled distant to beep and flash a small LED gentle if it’s inside 30 toes of the streaming field.
Seeing assist for discover my distant in Android 14 suggests it isn’t a Walmart unique and might be coming to different Google TV gadgets. Clearly, older Google TV remotes that lack a built-in speaker gained’t be capable to assist the characteristic even when linked to Google TV gadgets up to date to Android 14.
We have now requested Google to make clear when the Android 14 for TV replace might be typically accessible and what gadgets might be supported.