Chinese device maker Giayee has introduced an Android-powered set-top-box which lets you run Android apps on your TV with the aid of a wireless remote control. There’s nothing unusual about that — but ...

While the options for the best Android TV box are plenty, the NVIDIA Shield TV Pro is certainly among the best Android TV boxes that we’ve come across. Not only does the NVIDIA Shield TV Pro support ...

Marketplaces and e-waste recycling centers are practically overflowing with the things: ARM-based streaming TV boxes that run some — usually very outdated and compromised — version of Android. While ...

“Android TV” has essentially two meanings on the market today. There’s the official Android TV OS by Google, which powers TV sets, streaming dongles, and set-top boxes, and then there’s Android, but ...

When you buy a TV streaming box, there are certain things you wouldn’t expect it to do. It shouldn’t secretly be laced with malware or start communicating with servers in China when it’s powered up.

At just $69 with 4K HDR, voice search, and Google Cast capabilities, the Mi Box is the first Android TV device with mainstream appeal. Xiaomi’s Mi Box, the cheapest 4K HDR streaming box on the market, ...

On the surface, the Superbox media streaming devices for sale at retailers like BestBuy and Walmart may seem like a steal: They offer unlimited access to more than 2,200 pay-per-view and streaming ...

Sling has lifted the curtain on a new “AirTV Player”—a set-top box that combines IPTV with an OTA antenna for local channel reception. Like every other set-top box on Earth, the AirTV Player hooks up ...

Although Android technically runs on top of Linux, generally most Android devices abstract away the underlying Linux-ness of these machines. In theory this is a good thing; we wouldn’t necessarily ...

Google’s Android TV platform has been around for nearly seven years, but it’s only taken on traction in the past two or three. The reason? Primarily, hardware has been hard to find and, more ...

As for the best Android TV boxes out there, you can’t find a better offering than the Shield TV Pro which has pretty much every feature a streaming enthusiast can ask for. The powerful Tegra X1+ ...