Find My Remote feature coming to Google TV in Android 14 for TV update

Google unveiled the most recent model of its Android working system for TVs, Android TV, ultimately week’s Google I/O developer convention. Android 14 for TV is coming to new Google TV gadgets, so to offer builders time to organize for the discharge, Google pushed an up to date Google TV emulator construct with the most recent adjustments they introduced final week. Whereas digging by way of the replace, we found references to a brand new “Discover my distant” function that’ll make it easier to find your misplaced Google TV distant.

TV remotes might be fairly small and straightforward to misplace, which is why a “Discover my distant” function has lengthy been requested by customers. When Walmart launched its new Onn Google TV 4K Professional streaming field earlier this month, early customers have been shocked to search out that it included a built-in distant finder. As reported by AFTVNews, there’s a tiny button on the entrance of the Onn Google TV 4K Professional field that, when pressed, triggers the distant finder function. The Onn’s distant will then beep and flash a tiny LED mild for 30 seconds if it’s inside 30 ft of the streaming field.

When Walmart’s Onn Google TV 4K Professional streaming field launched, it wasn’t clear if this new “Discover my distant” function would come to different Google TV gadgets. Nevertheless, we are able to now report that this function is a part of the Google TV platform and never unique to Walmart’s system. As I discussed earlier than, I found references to the “Discover my distant” function within the newest Android 14 for TV emulator construct. The strings I found match the function that’s already obtainable on the Walmart field, suggesting Walmart’s field is just utilizing Google TV’s new distant finder function.

Google TV’s new “Discover my distant” function will solely work with choose Google TV distant controls, nevertheless it’s not clear which of them. Clearly, you’ll want a distant that at the least has a tiny speaker for the distant finder sound to play. Your distant most likely doesn’t have to have an LED, nevertheless it’d make it simpler to search out. Most significantly, although, your distant would must be programmed to play the distant finder sound and/or flash its LED for 30 seconds on command. Relying in your distant, it could be attainable for it to achieve “Discover my distant” help through a firmware replace, however I wouldn’t maintain your breath.

Talking of updates, present Google TV gadgets will doubtless have to obtain software program updates to help the brand new “Discover my distant” function. The function will doubtless be usually obtainable on new Google TV gadgets that ship with Android 14 for TVs, however many present Google TV gadgets working Android 12 for TVs doubtless have an older construct that doesn’t have the “Discover my distant” function. Though Walmart’s system runs Android 12 for TVs, it’s additionally model new, which is probably going why it does have the function.

As soon as the “Discover my distant” function rolls out on Google TV gadgets, you’ll have the ability to entry it by both urgent a button on the precise system or by navigating to the function’s settings web page.

I’ve personally by no means struggled with finding my distant, however I do know that is one thing that occurs to plenty of people. If Google TV’s new “Discover my distant” function shall be helpful for you, tell us within the feedback under!