Google introduced Google TV back in 2010 and it even launched new Google TVs with its partners, LG, Asus and more OEMs few years back. Google is working on Android TV, an entertainment device, different from the Google TV, according to a report from The Verge, who says they have acquired internal Google documents.
Instead of being a computing platform, Android TV will be an entertainment platform like Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Roku, says the report. It will have a new interface with scrolling cards for movies, shows, apps, and games. The remote control with four-way directional pad would let you scroll left and right and would have Enter, Home, and Back buttons. It would also have voice input and notifications.
It would come with an optional game controller, similar to Amazon Fire TV. It would offer suggestions for new content and enable you to resume content you started watching on a phone or tablet when you turn on your TV, the report adds. It would also have apps and games and Google is already working with developers to add these content to Android TV.
Other than YouTube and Play Movies apps from Google, the screenshots also show Vevo, Netflix, Hulu and Pandora apps. Since Chromecast is just a media streaming device, it would be separate. It is not clear if Google would Android TV on their own or when we can expect it to launch.