The biggest upgrade for smart home users is the new Home panel. This smart home control panel is accessed via a tile in the quick settings panel and lets you control devices connected to Google Home. You can do things like turn lights on or off or dim / brighten, trigger a Movie Time automation, and adjust your thermostat, all from the remote.

Google introduced the Google TV Streamer to replace Chromecast and expand its smart home footprint. One of the features from this new device, the Home Hub, is being made available to existing Google TV devices through an impending software update.

Google is adding a new sports center to Google TV, along with new ways to interact with smart home tech, better movie and TV overviews, and a new channel guide. The changes are currently rolling out and will be available on all Google TV devices, including the newly released Google TV Streamer.

Now, Google TV is getting the hardware to match. The Google TV Streamer 4K, which goes on sale tomorrow for $99.99, is an upgrade in every way over the Chromecast with Google TV. There’s a new processor,

A new Google TV update is introducing a new Google Home panel, a dedicated Sports page, an improved Ambient screensaver, and more.

It'll stream video with the best of 'em, but the Google TV Streamer's software experience feels uneven at best.