Have a A80J on the way which has Google TV and trying to understand the differences between the basic setup vs the google home one. I’m a little hesitant to jump into having google so tightly integrated with my TV and would like to start with the basic setup. My understanding is even with a basic setup I can setup the TV to connect to WiFi, and the built in apps like Netflix will be possible to use. I do have some questions though:
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What about say Apple TV? My understanding is this is not pre-bundled software so... will there by any way to get the Apple TV app installed through the basic setup?
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What about Chromecast? Is there any support for that with the basic setup?
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In my household there are several people who each subscribe to different services. I have Hulu. My gf has Apple TV. One roommate has HBO, and his gf has Netflix. How does Google Home handle this? Note that we currently use a chromecast dongle on an older TV and as long as each person is on the same WiFi network they can just cast from their respective phone/app (for Apple TV we mirror through a Mac and hdmi though this is a bit annoying)
Trying to understand our options before the TV arrives. Apologies if this is not the right place for these questions.
Android TV is the same as setting up a phone. If you want to use the Play Store you need a Google account. you can make a new account just for the TV if you don't want the TV associated with any of your other Google properties. There is really just one way to set it up. If you don't want Google associated with your TV you bought the wrong TV. Or you can not put it on the Internet and use some other device like a Roku that doesn't have any Google ties. Apps like Apple TV, HBO Max, Netflix all have to be downloaded if they are not preinstalled and signed into separately with whatever account info you choose. Android TV devices and TV's have Chromecast built in, so anybody on the network can cast to it.