{"id":191008,"date":"2021-02-28T18:24:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T15:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-tvs-basic-mode-will-make-your-smart-tv-dumb-again-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-02-28T18:24:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T15:24:18","slug":"google-tvs-basic-mode-will-make-your-smart-tv-dumb-again-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-tvs-basic-mode-will-make-your-smart-tv-dumb-again-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google TV\u2019s \u201cBasic\u201d Mode Will Make Your Smart TV Dumb Again \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Google TV\u2019s \u201cBasic\u201d Mode Will Make Your Smart TV Dumb Again \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Over the next two years, Google will slowly replace its standard Android TV software with the newer, smarter Google TV system<\/a>. But among all of Google TV\u2019s fancy UI elements and content curation features lies an odd little feature\u2014a \u201cbasic TV\u201d mode that turns your smart TV into a conventional \u201cdumb\u201d TV.<\/p>\n

First discovered by 9to5Google<\/em><\/a>, the new \u201cbasic TV\u201d mode saves you from dealing with all those pesky smart features that you don\u2019t care about. It could also come in handy when your smart TV starts to slow or grow buggy with age. We suggest using a streaming stick with smart TVs for this very reason\u2014smart TVs just don\u2019t have enough horsepower to run their operating systems at full speed, especially after a big update.<\/p>\n

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Like a Roku TV that hasn\u2019t been connected to the internet, Google TVs running in \u201cbasic\u201d mode open to a rudimentary homescreen with a dashboard button and (presumably) icons for you to choose an HDMI or OTA video source. The basic TV homescreen also shows a banner asking you to try Google TV. While it\u2019s easy to go from \u201cbasic\u201d mode to the standard Google TV experience, you have to perform a factory reset if you want to turn those smart features off again.<\/p>\n

Sony and TCL plan to release the first Google TVs later this year. People who buy those TVs will have the option to use them in \u201cbasic\u201d mode during the first setup. Of course, because there aren\u2019t any Google TVs on the market yet, we don\u2019t know much about the \u201cbasic TV\u201d functionality or UI. Our friends at 9to5Google<\/em> had to test \u201cbasic\u201d mode on an ADT-3 dongle<\/a>, which lacks the HDMI or coaxial inputs that are the crux of \u201cbasic TV.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s possible that manufacturers will upgrade their existing Android TVs to the Google TV system. If that happ<\/a>ens, and we hope that it does, it could save a lot of older Android TVs with lag or crashing issues from going into the dump. Either way, upcoming Google TVs from Sony and TCL look like a fantastic option for people who don\u2019t want a smart TV.<\/p>\n

Source: Google via 9to5Google<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n