Google TV’s new free streaming app has been removed, and it won’t be back right away

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What's sewage a Google TV and can't entree nan Freeplay app immoderate more? The answer, it seems, is everybody.

Freeplay – not to beryllium confused pinch nan UK's Freeview Play – is Google's free TV app for US users, delivering FAST (Free Ad-Supported TV) channels. The latest type of nan Freeplay app began rolling retired successful September, but arsenic 9to5Google spotted past week it had vanished from immoderate users' TVs.

It turns retired that nan rumor isn't an isolated one; Google is temporarily pulling nan app for almost each users.

Where has nan Freeplay app gone?

In a connection to 9to5Google, Google explained that it was recalling nan app from each "affected devices" because of a crashing issue; nan Google TV Streamer doesn’t look to beryllium 1 of nan affected devices but Google TVs are.

Google says:

While rolling retired nan caller Google TV Freeplay guide, we discovered an rumor that tin summation crashes for immoderate users. We person abnormal entree to nan caller guideline connected affected devices until nan hole is successful place. The hole will statesman rolling retired soon, and nan updated guideline will beryllium disposable for each Google TV devices successful nan coming months.

By "all Google TV devices" Google intends US ones; location are nary plans arsenic yet to make Freeplay disposable extracurricular nan US.

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Pulling nan app is disappointing, because it's really alternatively good. But if nan crashing is superior and predominant capable to make Google propulsion nan app altogether it's intelligibly much superior than nan overseas strategy hang. And you still person entree to your free channels, truthful astatine slightest you're not losing those too.

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