[CommanderData]

Google TV 4K only supports 5Ghz WiFi on channels 36, 40, 44 or 48. Their well aware of the issue and haven't done anything to fix it since its release 2 years ago.

Discovered while helping a friend set his up. Most consumers don't know how to channel peg WiFi. Seems like a massive flaw, adjusting WiFi to suit one device?

Really does not inspire confidence spending money on any Google product.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Chromecast/comments/jdvmh5/chromeca...

[ispotato]

This is extremely common with smart TVs of all sorts, and smart devices in general. Every 5ghz-capable Roku device is in the same boat, for example.

The 5ghz spectrum in the US is broken up into UNII 1, 2, 2 Extended, and 3, which all have their own separate FCC regulations and certification process. Lazy manufacturers for these types of devices don't want to go through more than one process, especially for UNII 2 and 2-Extended channels, which have stricter requirements. So they just do the lower channels.

[ksec]

Google Hardware as been on the market long enough. From Pixel to Chromebook that is at least 10 years since their introduction. And yet Google still dont cares about getting there products working in other market. And that is a company awash with cash. Even a small router company does better than them.

I guess some, may be a minority of people wants competition to Apple. But neither Amazon or Google seems to be serious about it.

[kmlx]

LG OLED55C8PLA, launched in 2018. expensive, but incredible display: https://www.lg.com/uk/tvs-soundbars/smart-tvs/oled55c8pla/

can’t connect to my 5ghz wifi (80mhz/channel 149).

and the ethernet connection is only 100Mbit.

[aaomidi]

Honestly, there’s literally no reason to use the LG WebOS software though.

Like, it’s literally just bad. I don’t even know where my LG remote is.

[kmlx]

personally lg webos is by far the best tv os.