Android TV: a history of Google's battle for the living room: 90 Seconds on The Verge

Google steps up to bat once again with Android TV, its latest attempt to conquer your living room, but what makes this different than previous attempts?

Hosted by Sam Sheffer. Written by Ross Miller and Nathan Cykiert. Video Production by John Lagomarsino.

[LogcTech]

WE WANT MORE STORIES! BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL 90SECS!

[mansnothutt]

90 seconds and only ONE story that nearly no one cares about that much... i expected 90 stories aha

[mrbillywhite]

This god damn format where they stretch out stories to 90 seconds by adding unnecessary information and "backstory" still isn't working, and I'm starting to think they're not going to go back. Really hope they change their mind on this one soon before I unsubscribe :(

[sisay]

I wish and hope they include digital tuner on the set top box

[BryanSeigneur]

I'm glad it's just a specialized distro of android because there are already dozens of android ARM systems with hdmi out to choose from. (Basically they make your TV a giant tablet--that you can stream netflix/hulu/youtube/locally stored video on.)  It's good that Google would make a build of android designed to make that as easy as possible.

[TheWH]

Someone needs to make a launcher similar to that, I have a Favi Smart Stick and that would make everything look so much cooler

[monpekokero]

What happened to 90 seconds? It used to be informative and entertaining. This sucks...

[nateswartz]

I saw this with 2 views that is super weird

[SEpstude]

And we have it again.
Apple does something and everyone copies...

[bab]

So this is it then? One story per 90 seconds... Will need some getting used to... Still prefer the older version

[heroguides]

these things will continue to suffer  as long as the content providers continue to be assholes and want to much or not want to make deals. Netflix is a perfect example of something that has so much potential yet it doesn't have  some old movies or TV shows or even some recent ones that have been out for a while. 

[Ohmz_i]

the problem isnt google tv  or any other internet, media share box
problem is that channel that people like to watch are staying on cable.
if the highly watched channels come to low rate subscription, they will make more money as well as these set up boxes will actually start expanding.
until then its basically fragmented boxes by tons of company with same apps and company support (youtube, netflix, hulu, etc)... same thing over and over again. 
all we need is a box that is powerful enough to play HD online videos, rest of the features are gimmicks(amazon... who plays games on tv)?

[desaturated]

love your new haircut but miss your old hair..