Search is usually at the heart of -built products, so the inability to apply that to Netflix stood out, especially since similar search capabilities worked with Netflix on Apple TV Roku devices.
— Android (@Android) ne 23, 2016 ’s screenshots indicate you’ll see a card with details about the show the ability to launch it inside of the Netflix app. It appears this could be a server-side switch, since there’s no update at this time for the Netflix Android TV app. The story behind the story: Android TV is ’s lesser-known effort to win over your television. ’s hardware went in two different directions: the Chromecast has been a successful seller spurred a second iteration, while the company recently killed off its Nexus ayer. The plan going forward is to focus on third-party hardware like the Nvidia Shield companies like Sony that are building Android TV into their televisions.