Android TV apps vs Roku apps

by garhent

I'm a bit disconcerted at the state of a lot of Android TV apps compared to Roku.

Crunchyroll: My session keeps expiring on Android TV forcing me to relog in, rather than saving my credentials. Meanwhile on the Roku version everything works.

Tablo: Scheduling on Android TV is by time and channel number not the actual name of the show. It does NOT work exactly great. Meanwhile on the Roku version you navigate to the show and schedule it.

Google Play Store: Roku allows you to use a pin, whereas Android TV requires you to enter in your entire password. And if you are like me and are using a fairly long password with some basic security features placed in it, you aren't going to enter that password in fast.

Other than voice search for Android TV, I'm not sure what Googles end game is, but the apps on it aren't exactly great and feel rushed and left as abandonware.

NedSc

Except for the app store, what you've described falls on the individual app developers and not the platform. If the Crunchyroll Android client logs you out all the time, then that's the fault of Crunchyroll's devs. Nothing Google can do about that.

TabloTV

Tablo: Scheduling on Android TV is by time and channel number not the actual name of the show. It does NOT work exactly great. Meanwhile on the Roku version you navigate to the show and schedule it.

Which version of the Android TV app are you using? Do you have a subscription?

You should be able to schedule by show name on either of our published Android apps if you do. If not, you'll be limited to manual recording which is indeed by date/time/channel.

GreatScottTX

This has to be the first time anyone is extolling the virtues of Roku.

rypharris

Roku is insanely slow when using Google movies & tv app. I would have to wait several minutes for my movie and tv library to load. It was like this with my two previous roku boxes. Now I own a shield and I'll never go back to Roku again!