User profiles are finally coming to Google TV

Nicely, much better late that never ever. Google just introduced that it is lastly rolling out consumer profiles to Google Television set, a lengthy-awaited element that should really correct one particular of the major grievances about the streaming platform.

Google claims it will start out rolling out profiles to Google Television set consumers starting currently, but it may well be a “few weeks” before the feature arrives for “all people,” so a very little extra patience may be expected.

Google originally promised that multi-user assistance for Google Tv set would arrive final November, but the attribute was in the long run delayed, and Google Television set consumers have been biding their time at any time considering the fact that.

When you make a consumer profile on your Google Tv set gadget (this sort of as a TCL 4K Television or a Chromecast with Google Tv set), the platform will maintain observe of your viewing record to make streaming suggestions tailor-made to your pursuits.

You will also be equipped to established up your personal watchlist, as effectively as inquire Google Assistant for movie suggestions or enable with other Assistant-linked routines.

The absence of person profiles was one particular of our chief criticisms in our original evaluate of the Chromecast for Google Tv. “Given the potent emphasis on personalization, you’d believe the capability to swap involving Google accounts would be on board from day a person,” our own Jared Newman wrote.

Google Tv really did get some confined multi-consumer aid final year, but only in the kind of kids profiles with parental controls, which arrived in March 2021.

Person profiles are frequent features for the most common streaming sticks and containers, which includes Amazon Fireplace Television and Apple Television.

That explained, there’s at the very least a single significant streaming platform that does not help user profiles yet: Roku, which as an alternative details users toward the profiles provided by streaming apps this kind of as Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu.