One of the only Android TV 14 updates so far has been paused – 9to5Google
Google TV has taken the focus of Android TV for the most part, including with major OS upgrades slowly vanishing from the older experience. Walmart recently rolled out one of the only Android TV 14 updates to date to some of its older devices, but has since pulled the update.
Following updates for its Google TV-powerd streamers, Walmart started rolling out an Android 14-based Android TV update to its 2021 streaming device. The update seems to have gone fine for most people, though a handful did apparently run into issues that left the device partially broken (or with broken features).
That’s more than enough reason to press pause, which Walmart seemingly has done. Users found that the Android TV 14 update for Walmart’s streamer is no longer available for download, and there’s been no communication around when it might return, leaving devices that hadn’t already been updated stuck on Android 12.
This isn’t unprecedented. Google also had to pause the Android 14 update for the Chromecast with Google TV a few months ago, and only started rolling it out again this week.
But this is still notable, as Walmart had released one of the only Android 14 updates for Android TV, and now we’re without it again. Hopefully, though, Walmart will push out a fixed update sooner than later.
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