![]() The thing that confuses the heck out of me is that this row of application icons doesn't rearrange based on what you've used most recently. But I've got more than 12 installed, and I found myself clicking all the way to the right sometimes to see the dozen that don't show up on the home screen. This may not be a big deal for those of you with only a select group of apps you like. I will admit that the Apple TV 4K spoiled me And if the app isn't at the front of the line, that's click, click, click and more clicks. On the Chromecast, that means I have to click three times to get to the apps, and then scroll though a single horizontal row of apps. Maybe I should just get used to living the Google Assistant life and use the remote to speak to summon apps. Not a huge amount of work, but a repeated two clicks down when I booted up the device to get to the section I want: my apps. The only problem is I'd already watched Barry season 4's screeners, and I'd just rewatched Spider-Man 2 too recently. On occasion, they nailed it, like a Barry promo splashed on the home page, or when Spider-Man 2 made it into the Top picks section. And the more I ran into main "slideshow" image recommendations and "Top picks for me" that did nothing for me? The more the Chromecast felt like work. The most irksome thing here, beyond the recommendations (I might like superhero movies, but nobody needs to watch 2015's Fantastic Four) was that clicking Dislike didn't immediately discard the recommendation and replace it. The more I ran into main "slideshow" image recommendations and "Top picks for me" that did nothing for me? The more the Chromecast felt like work. In that "Top picks for you" section, you can long-press on show or movie's icon to bring up a menu, where you can click Watched it, Watchlist It, Like or Dislike. Then, I tried to help the Chromecast TV find me better shows, by giving feedback through its recommendations row. As in you have to open that app to get there. Sure, the TV app holds promoted content and recommendations, and I love that being there - as an opt-in feature. It's not as bad as what you see on the Fire TV, but it's a far cry from the tidy and spartan Apple TV 4K interface. On Apple, you get a clean set of rows of app icons. As someone who walked out of this movie (in theaters) after 40 minutes? This was too much. ![]() The first hiccup was almost the worst: Brendan Fraser's The Whale was nearly tattooed to the home screen for the better part of a week in March. And while home screens aren't the be-all, end-all, they're the primary way we start to watch things. But my big problem with the Chromecast with Google TV from before had remained: I still find its interface to be a bit congested. That made me hope for a less-cluttered experience. The good news we learned about in February was simple: the Movies and Shows menus from the top of the screen were going away. It’s nice to see Sony widen its support ahead of the launch of its own PlayStation Portal streaming handheld, which is coming in November.(Image credit: Henry T. And with official support coming to the Chromecast, you can have a console-like experience on a big screen. PS Remote Play (as well as Steam Link for PC) give gamers a way to play on more screens. Remote Wi-Fi streaming has become a popular way to play games wherever you are in your home, since you no longer have to fight over who gets to use the TV that your console is hooked up to. I imagine that if this limited launch goes smoothly, we might see the app come to more platforms, like the Apple TV, Amazon’s Fire TV devices, and possibly Roku, too. Sony said in a press release that the launch is broadly targeting all Android TV OS 12 devices, but that the two devices above are the only “verified” products. You can pair a DualSense controller to either via their Bluetooth settings. It’s also coming to one TV, the Sony Bravia XR A95L OLED. ![]() People who own the 4K Chromecast (the one that includes a dedicated remote) should be able to download the app soon, via the Google Play Store. The PS Remote Play app was previously locked to iOS and Android phones and tablets, but this update marks the first time that Sony is branching out to TV streaming devices, of which the Chromecast is one of the most popular and affordable. ![]() It’s everything that Sony delivered to beta testers a couple of months ago, but Sony snuck in a surprise for the update’s broader release: PS Remote Play support for the latest Chromecast. Sony has debuted a new set of features for the PS5, including Dolby Atmos, the ability to turn off that dreaded “beep” console power sound, support for up to 8 TB of SSD storage, and more.
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