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Android TV (Google TV), is a bit less intuitive than some competing smart platforms but offers greater customizability and a very wide selection of apps.

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Roku is still our favorite integrated streaming platform because it offers a wide selection of services and superb ease of use.

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Some manufacturers have developed their own smart TV platforms, while others may use a licensed system, such Amazon Fire TV, Android TV from Google which is being renamed Google TV or Roku TV. A TV with built-in smarts can make accessing content easytheres only a single remote controlbut a separate streaming media player may have more content options, or use an interface that makes finding and accessing content easier.

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Though Roku TV has been kicking around for a while in the US, its only recently made its debut in the UK. Its definitely an underdog compared to big players like Samsung and LG, but its nevertheless earned a place on this list. Following in the footsteps of Roku's many excellent streaming devices, Roku TV has an incredibly user-friendly interface and unparalleled streaming coverage.

In its latest iteration, Android TV is an easy-to-use platform with an intuitive and visually appealing layout. The customisable top row provides instant access to your most-used apps, and the rows or channels below showcase featured content from individual apps. The UI is responsive when traversing the various menus, although pricier TVs will provide the smoothest, slickest experience. One benefit of choosing Android TV is that it gives you access to the Google Play Store for downloading new apps, so anyone who uses an Android smartphone will feel right at home.
Google Assistant comes built-in on Android TVs and can be activated by pressing the mic button on the TVs remote. Its universal search function could be better, however, as it almost always pushes you towards renting/buying from Google Play Movies instead of showing you where else you could watch the same content.
Android TVs streaming coverage includes most of the main platforms like Netflix, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Freeview Play and Now TV.

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Samsungs smart TV system has frankly been playing catch up against its great rival LG for the past few years. However, with its latest Tizen system, Samsung is finally able to take on LGs renowned WebOS system. Especially now that its had a leg up from Apple

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Roku TV,
The most comprehensive and, arguably, easiest to use smart system in the TV world right now.

Samsung (Tizen)
Despite being derived from the Tizen OS originally designed for smartphones, that latest version of Samsung’s Eden smart TV platform is now impressively honed for TV use.
Taking a leaf out of the Apple TV playbook, Eden adopts a two-tier menu approach. Along the bottom you get an easily customizable row of icons showing the different content sources - Netflix, Amazon, YouTube etc. - installed on your set.

LG (webOS)
LG’s webOS platform was the first smart TV system to be truly and exhaustively designed and tested for use on TVs rather than other types of smart device. As a result, it’s won praise from just about every quarter for many years now. In the latest version home takes over the whole screen, isn’t a complete success.

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In general we like Roku (TLC, Visio, ) better than Fire TV (Toshiba), thanks to superior menus and search.

Panasonic (My Home Screen)
Once you get behind this strikingly simple and attractive up-front interface, though, My Home Screen 6.0 system lacks the sophistication and depth of the best rival smart platforms.

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Samsungs smart TV system has frankly been playing catch up against its great rival LG for the past few years. However, with its latest Tizen system, Samsung is finally able to take on LGs renowned WebOS system. Especially now that its had a leg up from Apple

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LG's webOS and Samsung's Tizen are often considered to be the best smart platforms.

WebOS LG LG rewrote the rulebook for smart platforms with its webOS, starting the trend for minimal, simplified user interfaces back in 2014.

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