We’ve entered a new era for Google in the streaming video platform. And smart home platform. And in the battle for the major players — that includes Amazon, Roku, and Apple — to keep customers within a single ecosystem while supporting all the accessories and doodads that we use every day.

In the meantime, I want to talk about my early impressions of the Google TV Streamer experience. Using the Streamer has mostly been smooth sailing. Still, even the best Google TVs have issues, and the Streamer is missing an essential component in the box.

Google has made some tweaks to its online store hiding Chromecast devices, paving the way for the TV Streamer.

Doubling as a smart home hub, the new streaming device comes with Google TV Freeplay and a Sports Page. You can pre-order it now and buy it tomorrow.

Ahead of the launch of Google TV Streamer, the company’s new set-top streaming box, the tech giant is also bringing new updates to all Google TV devices. This includes a home panel that can control smart home devices,

Google has announced a massive Google TV update that brings three new Google TV Streamer features to all devices.

As part of its Google TV Streamer launch today, Google is bringing key feature from that device to Google TVs from Hisense, TCL and others.

Google has started rolling out a big update to Google TV right before the launch of the new Google TV Streamer.