Google puts pressure on the competition, which is done with very interesting and supposedly unfair means. Google is supposed to put a screw clamp on its partners. If you rely on an Android platform with Google services, such as Android TV, you have to stay away from Amazon Fire TV. In any case, says a report from Protocol , the sources of which are said to have spoken out just that detail. You shouldn’t offer devices with Android TV and Fire TV at the same time, said an employee of a TV manufacturer.
Google draws limits: Android TV excludes Fire TV
It would not be the first time that Google would like to strengthen its own market position with such means. Amazon and Google have been stressed with each other often and sometimes for years, but the waves smoothed out some time ago. Since then, their streaming services and applications have been compatible with one another. There is YouTube for Fire TV and the Prime Video app can be used with Chromecast devices. Is a new dispute sparking between competitors?
Surprisingly, a restriction like the one mentioned does not come. Whoever obtains the Google license has to comply with certain conditions. After all, you have the choice as a manufacturer, at least for TV operating systems. Last year Amazon launched an offensive with the Fire TV platform, brought out various TV sets and sound bars . Google doesn’t want to lose the connection here, maybe that’s why the new Chromecast with Android TV .
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