Google TV finally shows app update progress on the home screen

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• Google TV is making it easier to see when an app is updating.
• This redesign lets you see update progress right from the home screen.
• Update progress should be available on all Google TV devices.

How often do you really think about app updates on Google TV? For most of us, it all gets handled in the background, you can probably count on one hand the number of times you’ve needed to update an app yourself. What you’re probably much more familiar with is trying to open an app, only to find it’s in the process of already updating. While that’s only been a minor annoyance, to be sure, it is one that should be getting a lot easier to see coming, thanks to a change that’s just been spotted.

On the Google TV home screen, your apps are shown in a row below the recommended videos at the top. As noticed by 9to5Google, these rounded app icons will now show update progress with a ring around the icon, and the design is reminiscent of what we see on Pixel phones when apps are updating.




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