Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.

3recommend
0warn against
Jun 15, 2026first mention
Sep 8, 2026latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
Used forsmart tv with dumb modetv streamingstreaming

Why people recommend it

“several other manufacturers that run Google TV can be switched to dumb mode.”

“Switched to Google TV / Chromecast. So much better.”

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“I moved away from Roku to a Google TV (as recommended by wirecutter). Its quite fast and remembers my history better.”

Caveats and dissent

No one in these comments warned against it.

All comments 3

“several other manufacturers that run Google TV can be switched to dumb mode.”

“Switched to Google TV / Chromecast. So much better.”

“I moved away from Roku to a Google TV (as recommended by wirecutter). Its quite fast and remembers my history better.”

Threads where it came up

Data: google-tv.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.

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