Google TV Pushes Pause on New Freeplay App for Most Devices
The app caused the Google TV interface to crash on a number of devices upon initial rollout, and Google’s engineers are going back under the hood.
It’s not often that companies have to disable new streaming apps when they launch, even temporarily. Such apps are usually months or even years in the making and go through thousands of cumulative hours of testing to ensure they are ready for the public. Despite those rigors, a new report from 9 to 5 Google indicates that the “Google TV Freeplay” app is being pulled from many Google TV devices so the company can fix some major bugs that are plaguing it.
Key Details The Freeplay app is being temporarily shut down to fix a bug that causes it to crash on many devices. The app will return sometime in the coming months. Users of the new Google TV Streamer can still use the Freeplay app.
It’s not often that companies have to disable new streaming apps when they launch, even temporarily. Such apps are usually months or even years in the making and go through thousands of cumulative hours of testing to ensure they are ready for the public. Despite those rigors, a new report from 9 to 5 Google indicates that the “Google TV Freeplay” app is being pulled from many Google TV devices so the company can fix some major bugs that are plaguing it.
Key Details The Freeplay app is being temporarily shut down to fix a bug that causes it to crash on many devices. The app will return sometime in the coming months. Users of the new Google TV Streamer can still use the Freeplay app.
- 11/4/2024
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
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