Google TV

Google LLC

In-app purchases

About this app

Google TV app, previously Play Movies & TV, makes it easy to find and enjoy the entertainment you love in one place. With Google TV, you'll be able to:
Find what to watch next
Browse 700,000+ movies and TV episodes from across your streaming apps, all in one place and organized into topics and genres. Discover new things with recommendations based on what you love and what’s trending across the services you already have access to. Search for titles to see which streaming apps offer them.
See the latest releases
Buy or rent the newest movies and shows right in the Shop tab. Purchases are stored in your Library and can be downloaded to watch when you're not connected. Watch instantly on your laptop, Android phone or tablet, or on your TV with Google TV or on Play Movies & TV where available.
One list for all your discoveries
Add interesting shows and movies to your Watchlist to keep track of your new discoveries and view them later. The Watchlist is shared between all your devices, so you can even add to your Watchlist from your TV or phone and laptop through Search on any browser.
Use your phone as your remote
With a remote built right into the app, you can find something great to watch even when the couch has eaten your remote. And you can use your phone’s keyboard to quickly type complicated passwords, movie names or search terms on your Google TV or other Android TV OS device.
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Separate subscriptions required for certain streaming services or access to certain content.

Ratings and reviews

On more than one occasion, no matter where I tried to play a movie I had just bought / rented from this Google TV app, the listed media features were just wrong. 720 resolution for a movie listed as 4k, lack of HDR when HDR is listed, incorrect audio formats. I tried through this app, and through YouTube, I tried on our Sony smart TV, and Xbox Series X console, and chromecast from my 23Ultra phone, or tablet, or even iPad. Useful built-in remote, but it sometimes turns on the TV when opening app

One of the worst apps I've used in the App Store. My first complaint is that it shows seven different TVs to connect to that aren't even close to my apartment. The other issue is that it simply doesn't work. There's an annoying pop-up that shows up every single time I press a button, saying "Play something from your library to go playback". There are times where the app just doesn't work. It is as simple as that. The buttons don't do anything. I don't know how this has so many downloads.

This is terrible. Google movies were better when it was part of the play store. Separating out into an awkward and unintuitive platform is awful. I was looking for a digital set of movies and now you can only buy them individually. Amazon has the set so guess that's my route... edit: I came back to try Google tv again and it's so bad. unfortunately I've already given it 1 star rating and can't again.

What's new

* Stability improvements and bug fixes