Those who attended the Google IO conference will have enjoyed a large number of new features that became welcome news; one of them talks about Android TV, something of which we will have to wait a little longer to see fully realized.
Specifically, Google even mentioned that its Android TV will be ready by the end of this year, this being the moment in which application developers will have to present their proposals to make them work in said environment. Just to give a small example of this, we should mention that NetFlix is currently working on a beta version of its software to be able to show streaming videos, something that apparently would be ready by the end of this year, coinciding with what Google has proposed with its Android TV.
Advantages and disadvantages of the Android TV emulator
Android TV can now be downloaded from the official website (or from this link), where there is great information on how to work with this system for those who wish to propose their respective applications. Google has been very explicit mentioning that these applications could have a poor performance, this because it is working on an "emulator". It has also been recommended to download the latest version of the Android SDK, something that you can do from the same page.
The suggestions follow the hand of Google, who has recommended to the developers that their work of redesign of the application for Android TV may not be the best optionA better alternative being to start programming the tool "from scratch". Taking into account all these types of considerations and advice that Google has offered for developers who want to try the emulator, surely there will be a large number of applications compatible with Android TV by the time it is its official launch, that is, at the end of 2014.
