A Reddit user has recently spotted a new development on the Android TV platform, and that is the ability to remotely install apps onto your Android TV directly from your smartphone.
Android TV has long offered users the ability to install Android TV apps from a computer or laptop, by opening the Google Play Store from a web browser. However, this hardly offers the convenience that the same functionality would on our daily driver—which is nearly always in our hand or pocket.
Naturally, this newfound feature is only going to be available for Android-running phones. Which shouldn’t be a nuisance for anyone, since most iPhone users get Apple TV anyway.
We still have no knowledge of when this feature will be fully rolled out to all Android TV users, but if it’s already being tested out on some users, it will likely be soon.