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Google has released a major software update for the Chromecast 4K.

Google has released a new version of the OS for smart TVs - Android TV 12. The operating system is still available for software developers.

Realme is preparing to announce its first TV set-top box in the form of a USB stick. It will enter the market as Realme 4K Google TV Stick and will try to compete with Xiaomi Mi TV Stick.

Thanks to Android, smart TVs have become mass-produced by dozens of companies. Today, most Chinese Android smartphone manufacturers go (or plan to go) into this segment, so the competition is, to put it mildly, high. In the price segment below 10,000 UAH, customers prefer to vote for Xiaomi. Because they know and trust the brand. And for Sony, Philips and Panasonic brands, which also have TV models based on Android TV, it is simply not interesting to operate in the ultrabudget segment. Generally, if we are focused on the purchase of an inexpensive and modern smart TV, it should be Android, with a resolution of 4K. And in the mass 43-inch option the best choice will be KIVI 43U710KB, which has in addition to Xiaomi as competitors except the model Ergo (brand owned by Foxtrot / South Contract), which emphasize the quality of its ADS matrix, replacing IPS. KIVI model is different because its creators, as they say, went to great lengths with sound and image, adding support for HDMI 2.1 and supplementing HDR with proprietary image processing algorithms, as well as working on the acoustics (its calibrated for 16 parameters and added high-frequency speakers and support for Dolby Digital).

Philips 55OLED803 is a top TV of the manufacturer at the market and it fully corresponds to this status. It will please its future owners with a chic picture on an OLED display (not only with 4K-content), which will be highlighted by Ambilight’s brand-name dynamic background illumination and the entire set of Philips proprietary image enhancement technologies.

JBL has announced the development of a sound panel with Android TV on board - JBL Link Bar. This is a joint project of the company and Google's search giant, we can learn more about it at the I / O 2018 developers conference.