Google TV updates aren\u2019t all that frequent or major anymore, but there are new tweaks here and there, including a.<\/b>
\nGoogle TV updates aren\u2019t all that frequent or major anymore, but there are new tweaks here and there, including a homescreen fixes and a couple of settings changes rolling out now.
As we\u2019ve said repeatedly in recent years, major Android OS updates for Google TV rarely make any notable changes for the end user. Rather, most new features and visible changes stem from the \u201cGoogle TV Home\u201d app that controls your homescreen, Quick Settings, as well as portions of the Settings app.
As of Google TV Home 1.0.852105632, a couple of new tweaks are visible.
In recent months, Google TV has added new \u201cGoogle Home\u201d and \u201cVoice assistant\u201d sections to the Settings menu under \u201cAccounts & profiles.\u201d These features were added a while ago \u2013 in late 2024 for Google Home and in 2025 for Gemini \u2013 but the settings pages are a little bit newer, having not appeared in the 1.0.767786292 release which was widely available in mid-2025.
The newest addition appears to be a \u201cReport history\u201d section. The new history menu, as Google says, will show \u201cthe status of reports you\u2019ve submitted.\u201d It\u2019s not exactly clear what \u201creports\u201d Google is referring to, though. We can speculate that Google might be preparing to let users report inappropriate ads or content recommendations, as has been a problem for some time, but we couldn\u2019t find anything in this latest version. We\u2019re not completely sure if \u201cReport history\u201d landed in this newest update, but it is a recent addition, and we\u2019re seeing it widely available across Google TV devices.
Beyond that, it seems Google has also addressed problems with YouTube video thumbnail previews on the homescreen, a long-standing issue. This one appears to be a server-side fix as far as we can tell as we\u2019re seeing improved thumbnails on older Google TV Home app versions, or it might rooted in the YouTube app itself, but it is a fairly recent adjustment, and a user on Reddit showed the corrected thumbnails. The same user claims to have noticed smaller thumbnails for homescreen content, but we haven\u2019t noticed this on our end.
Have you spotted anything else new in Google TV? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n