[actuator]

I think Google TV is the name of the device. From the launch livestream it looks like the same software will come to other Android TV devices as well.

[josteink]

So Google TV is a device which runs Android TV, which obviously supports Chromecast, because any Android TV device supports that, and lets you run apps such as YouTube and consume a US-only service called YouTube TV, just like any other Android TV device.

What’s unique about this? It sounds entirely underwhelming.

And I especially say that as someone who enthusiastically bought a Nexus Player, only to get rid off it a few weeks later.