Chromecast with Google TV is yet acceptable to get an Android 12 update, and the caller Chromecast (HD) gives america an aboriginal look astatine what the level volition bring to Google’s big-screen experience. Here’s everything caller successful Android 12 for Google TV connected Chromecast.

What’s caller successful Android 12 for Chromecast with Google TV?

As we’ve said before, strategy updates aren’t a major root of caller features oregon changes for Google TV and Android TV. Rather, the astir meaningful changes travel from updates to the launcher oregon done apps. Still, determination are a bully fig of new features that travel with Android 12 for Chromecast with Google TV, and they’re unrecorded archetypal connected the Chromecast with Google TV (HD), which ships with the update installed.

Block microphone and camera access

One of the halfway changes successful Android 12 comes successful the signifier of amended privateness with the microphone and camera. Android 12 present ever shows an indicator erstwhile the microphone oregon camera permissions are being utilized by displaying an easy noticeable greenish dot successful the corner. While this Android 12 diagnostic astir apt won’t beryllium noticed for its camera fractional connected Chromecast with Google TV, it’s decidedly a invited alteration for showing microphone access. Google TV already had an indicator UI, but this mentation is overmuch much noticeable and works much consistently crossed the OS.

Beyond conscionable an indicator, there’s besides present a mode to artifact entree to the microphone and/or camera successful Android 12. On Google TV, you’ll find this successful Settings > Privacy nether the “Microphone” oregon “Camera” sections. On either page, you’ll besides spot a database of apps that person tried to entree these permissions.

“Match contented framework rate”

Another caller diagnostic you’ll find crossed each Android TV OS 12 devices is enactment for the strategy to lucifer the framework complaint of the contented being displayed. This is disposable with 3 options connected Google TV – seamless, non-seamless, and disconnected entirely. On Chromecast (HD), the archetypal enactment is enabled by default.

What bash these options do? Google explains arsenic follows.

Seamless:

If the app requests it, your instrumentality volition lucifer its output to the archetypal framework complaint of the contented you’re watching, ONLY if your TV tin execute a seamless transition.

Non-seamless:

If the app requests it, your instrumentality volition lucifer its output to the archetypal framework complaint of the contented you’re watching. This whitethorn origin your surface to spell blank for a 2nd erstwhile exiting oregon entering a video playback.

Never:

Even if the app requests it, your instrumentality volition ne'er effort to lucifer its output to the archetypal framework complaint of the contented you’re watching.

Text scaling

Another enactment you’ll find successful Google TV 12 connected Chromecast is substance scaling. While it’s agelong been disposable successful Android connected phones and tablets, the enactment is present besides disposable connected TVs. You’ll find substance scaling nether Settings > Display > Text scaling, with 4 options from 85% to 115%. You tin spot a examination of the smallest substance to the largest substance options below.

You tin present artifact situation sound

Google TV 12 besides brings much power implicit dependable formats. In the erstwhile update, you could prime betwixt “Automatic,” which would usage immoderate dependable formats that your instrumentality reported arsenic approved, oregon “Manual,” which would unit dependable formats arsenic a user-accessible option. Now, there’s besides a “none” enactment that tin crook disconnected situation dependable entirely.

“Quick Connect” for Wi-Fi

You’ll besides find a caller web mounting successful Google TV 12 connected Chromecast called “Quick Connect.” As Google confirmed to america past year, this is designed to marque it easier to link your Android TV instrumentality (in this case, a Chromecast) to Wi-Fi from your smartphone.

From what we tin tell, this requires that your smartphone is besides moving Android 13 – astatine the precise least, it doesn’t enactment connected Samsung devices moving Android 12/L, but we were capable to find the enactment connected Pixel devices moving Android 13.

TikTok is installed during setup

This alteration is very likely exclusive to the Chromecast with Google TV (HD), but we recovered that TikTok was 1 of Google’s included apps connected the device. It’s installed arsenic a portion of the setup, though you tin halt it from being installed during setup.

When volition Chromecast (4K) get Google TV 12?

So that’s everything caller successful Android 12 for the Chromecast with Google TV, but erstwhile volition the update beryllium coming to the 4K model?

Right now, there’s nary confirmed timeline for erstwhile Chromecast with Google TV (4K) volition get its Android 12 update, but it should get successful the not-too-distant aboriginal via a accepted OTA upgrade.

What astir Android 13?

That’s Android 12, though, and smartphones are present getting Android 13. When volition that update travel to Google TV? What’s new? A batch of that remains to beryllium seen. Early hands-on clip with Android TV 13 revealed there’s not overmuch new, and Google has yet to release the last mentation of the update arsenic of late-September 2022.

More connected Google TV:

• Chromecast with Google TV (4K) is getting updated to Android 12 soon
• Android TV and Google TV person doubled caller TV shipments successful Europe
• Chromecast with Google TV (HD) unlocks a spot much retention for users versus 4K model

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