The Google Meet app for Android TV and Google TV in all probability isn’t one thing that’s broadly used, however it’s somewhat useful. Nonetheless, it’s wanting like Google is making ready to close down the app quickly.
Google Meet first made its option to Android TV OS again in 2020 through the top of the COVID-19 pandemic, again when it was nonetheless known as Duo. The app was designed to permit customers to hook up a webcam to their TV and be capable of take part in video calls on the large display.
But it surely seems Google is ending that choice quickly.
Code inside the newest replace to Google Meet for Android TV and Google TV noticed by Android Authority immediately means that Google is making ready to close down the app, particularly mentioning “depreciation” and saying:
Quickly you received’t be capable of use Google Meet in your Android TV to make calls. Click on beneath for alternate options and to study extra.
This discover isn’t stay within the app simply but, we’ve confirmed in testing, however its presence makes Google’s intentions fairly clear. Quickly, the app will shut down.
Google did the same thing a few months ago on Samsung TVs, the place Meet shut down in March, nevertheless it’s a shock to see the identical occur on the corporate’s personal platform seeing as Google TV added support for “Call Notifications” just earlier this year, with Meet being the app that permits that.
In any case, the app nonetheless works for now, however should you’re utilizing it, it’d in all probability be clever to begin in search of alternate options.
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