The Moto G GPE is no more.
The original Moto G Google Play Edition has now been dropped from the Play Store, leaving the HTC One M8 as the only Google Play Edition (GPE) device that’s still standing. The move comes four months after the second-generation Moto G first went on sale in the U.S., but it doesn’t look like Google has any plans to make the new model a GPE smartphone.
One TV system to rule them all. Photo: Sony
Aww, Google TV. We barely knew you existed.
Google officially stopped supporting Google TV today with a post on Google Plus Tuesday telling developers for the rarely-used platform that support would focus on Android TV from now on.
“Existing Google TV devices and all of the features of these devices will continue to work,” says the post, “and so will the apps you’ve developed for the Google TV platform.”
The team goes on to say that a small group of Google TV devices may be updated to Android TV, but most of them won’t support this newer platform.
In a related post on the Android blog, Google shared more information about upcoming partners for the TV side of its business.
The Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact will be one of the first devices to get Lollipop. Photo: Sony.
If you’ve got a device from Sony’s newest Xperia Z3 family, your wait for an Android 5.0 Lollipop upgrade is almost over. Sony has confirmed it will be bringing Google’s latest software to the Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact, and the Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact starting next month.
PC games in the living room? Yes please. Photo: Razer
Forget the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One — wouldn’t you rather play your PC games in your living room? Razer’s new Android-powered Forge TV allows you to do just that, thanks to a new technology called Cortex: Stream, which beams games from your PC to your television.
Are you ready for 4K TV? Photo: Sharp
Sharp is betting big on Google’s new Android TV platform by baking it into its latest 4K Ultra HD televisions.
Unveiled today at CES in Las Vegas, the sets boast displays up to 80 inches in size and flagship Sharp features like AquoMotion and AquoDimming, but as you might expect, they don’t come cheap.
