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Google TV is undoubtedly among the top one-stop solutions for all your entertainment needs. Google has been constantly updating it with numerous services. But, not many of them stick around for a long time, and it is happening again. Google is reportedly limiting the purchase of TV shows to YouTube. This also means you can no longer purchase TV shows directly within the Google TV platforms as well as its mobile app.
Google TV users can no longer purchase TV shows from within the platform
This decision will apparently simplify how users purchase TV shows on Google TV. Google took the support page of Google TV to describe these changes. It adds “With these changes, you will no longer be able to purchase TV episodes and seasons from Google TV on Google TV devices, Android TV devices, and the Google TV Mobile app. You can continue to purchase TV shows from YouTube depending on country availability.”
Not to forget, the ability to purchase movies and TV shows using YouTube isn’t something that we haven’t heard of. Additionally, you could also check all your previous Google TV purchases on the video streaming platform.
Don’t worry! All your previous purchases are safe
Although you won’t be able to purchase TV shows, you’d be happy to hear that all your previous purchases are safe. The Google TV support page also talks about the same. It reads “You’ll still be able to access all of your previously purchased movies and TV shows (including active rentals and entire TV seasons, regardless of where the purchase was made) on Google TV devices, Android TV devices, the Google TV mobile app for Android and the iOS app, and YouTube.”
Google has already started rolling out this change and it could appear for all users in the coming weeks. That said, some users could still purchase shows on Google TV using the Google TV app. However, this will change soon.
Going forward, users will be able to purchase TV shows within the YouTube app on their TV. The best part is that you can also access those contents on your YouTube app. It would be interesting to see if Google disregards the Google TV mobile app completely in the future or works towards new features to keep it relevant down the line.