Tivo

24 Apr 2023

TiVo’s Android TV dongle has lost Sling TV integration

In 2020 TiVo launched a new Android TV dongle that brought support for content aggregation well ahead of Google’s effort to do the same in Google TV later that year. Now, though, the TiVo Stream 4K that introduced that vision is losing one of its key features: integration with Sling TV. The TiVo Stream 4K is an Android TV dongle that’s still sold for $40. Like other Android TV OS devices, it can install apps for various streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, and others, as well as other Android apps and use the Google Assistant. But the key differentiator for the TiVo Stream 4K was always its deeper integration with live TV, as we mentioned in our review. [...]

13 Jan 2023

First TiVo Smart TVs to ship this spring A range of TiVo-powered Smart TVs from a variety of manufacturers are set to debut this spring. Vestel, one of the top three European TV manufacturers, has announced a multi-year, multi-country and multi-million-unit agreement, featuring chipsets from MediaTek. The first sets will be available under the Vestel, Daewoo, Regal, Hitachi, Telefunken and JVC brands. The agreement was first announced at the IFA consumer electronics event in Germany last August. “At Xperi, we have built a platform that can deliver better viewer engagement with an unbiased, content-first user experience, where Live Hybrid TV and streaming services fully integrate in a personalized way that makes it easy to find, watch and enjoy content across [...]