The company is hatching plans to add fitness-tracking tech and support for interactive home workouts to its Android TV platform, and to incorporate those software features into smart TVs running other companies’ software as well. The specifics of how it will work aren’t clear, as the news—first reported by Protocol—came from a private meeting Google held with other smart-home companies. Still, it’s obvious that Google’s moving to compete with smart-home fitness services like Apple Fitness+, which utilizes an Apple Watch and an Apple TV, as well as devices like Mirror and Peloton’s Guide. Fusing smart-home tech with Android, Wear OS, and Android TV means your Google stuff gets used more often and in more combinations. Google framed Apple’s decision to not support RCS as a power move, blaming Apple for not adhering to more modern standards.

Source: New York Times August 13, 2022 19:12 UTC