Abstract
- Google TV and Android TV will assist 64-bit apps for sooner efficiency; commonplace begins Aug 2026.
- 32-bit apps will proceed to work; Google Play will maintain delivering apps to older gadgets.
- Builders ought to add 64-bit builds to allow shorter begin occasions and new viewing experiences on future gadgets.
It has been a very long time coming, however Google TV is lastly making a change that can deliver their streaming gadgets nearer to the velocity and efficiency of Apple TV. In a message to app builders on Google’s official blog, Fahad Durrani, who’s a part of the Product Administration workforce at Google TV, confirmed that Google TV and Android TV will quickly require 64-bit app compatibility, saying that this variation “will provide improved efficiency, shorter begin occasions, and new viewing experiences on upcoming 64-bit Google TV and Android TV gadgets.”
This growth ought to assist put Google TV gadgets on extra of an equal footing with Apple TV, which has used 64-bit apps since 2019 in an effort to extend efficiency and cut back lag on their gadgets.
Although that is an thrilling growth, the change will not occur in a single day as Google has given builders a yr to arrange, with the brand new commonplace formally turning into a requirement in August 2026.
Will older Google TV gadgets cease working?
Don’t fret, 32-bit apps will nonetheless work
In the identical message asserting the improve, Durrani was fast to quell fears about older system compatibility, saying “We’re not making any modifications to 32-bit assist, and Google Play will proceed to ship apps to 32-bit gadgets.” This marks an enormous change in the best way Google is dealing with this shift when put next with Apple, which straight up eliminated 32-bit assist in tvOS 13 again in 2019.
Although this growth opens the door for brand new {hardware} (together with a closely rumored replace to the Google TV Streamer) all of customers’ apps on numerous Google TV (and Android TV) gadgets ought to proceed to perform for the foreseeable future, with builders simply now needing so as to add 64-bit variations for optimum compatibility with the following era of Google TV gadgets.
