The update also includes various quality of life improvements, including a dedicated “reorder apps” button.
This update mainly affects the “Your Apps” row on Google TV’s home screen.
Scrolling to the end of the redesigned “Your Apps” row reveals a new “reorder” button.
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It allows you to quickly change the order of pinned apps on your home screen.
The Free TV app contains all of Google’sFAST channels.
We first caught wind of the redesigned Google TV home screen in November 2023.
That’s when Google beganasking developersto create new app icons for circular formatting.
Evidently, this update has been in the works for a while.
And it will take a similarly long time for the redesign to reach all Google TV users.
This is to be expected, as Google TV updates tend to arrive at a very sluggish pace.
Presumably, the first-party Chromecast with Google TV will receive the update before third-party smart TVs or streaming sticks.
