Android 13 is also about to upgrade the Android TV platform, the future firmware for SmartTVs bringing features such as Virtual Remote and Cast on Google TV.

With 110 million monthly active users, Android TV OS is steadily consolidating Google’s dominance of the smart device ecosystem. And smart TVs connected to the internet can be particularly profitable, in the context of the new trend for the replacement of cable TV services with on-demand content services, accessible through the internet connection.

Trumpeting its own success, Google announces that it has already signed with over 300 manufacturers to include the Android TV platform on newly manufactured TVs. These include 7 of the leading OEM TV brands, along with 170 Pay TV service providers. In addition, Google also shows that the ecosystem of Android applications available on TV has already exceeded 10,000, the trend being to accelerate the consolidation of the ecosystem.