- Iplayer is finally available on Play Store for Google TV Streamer
- BBC transmission channels are also available in the guide
- The delay was due to a “technical problem” that seems to have been resolved
As much as we like Google TV streamer, there has been a big problem if you are a United Kingdom spectator: there was no Iplayer application. So, for almost six months, the users of the United Kingdom have been losing one of the most important transmission applications. That has finally changed, and the Iplayer application is now compatible, and the transmission of BBC channels is also added to the ‘channel’ view, according to 9to5google.
Iplayer is not exactly a dark application: it has been at the forefront of the United Kingdom’s transmission since its debut in 2007, and today is one of the applications he hopes to find in each streamer and intelligent television of the United Kingdom. That includes Google TV and Android TV, where it has been available for years. Therefore, your arrival at Google TV streamer is very late.
Why was Iplayer available for the Google TV transmitter?
There is a little background here. The BBC has a list of officially compatible devices that “meet our standards and have approved our tests.” Google TV streamer was not one of them at the launch, the same happened with the Chromecast, but in November 2024 the device was added to the official list. And then the device was eliminated again, with the BBC saying that “there is a technical problem in which we are working with Google.”
Whatever the problem, apparently it has been solved (although the BBC has not yet updated its certification list to say it) and the Iplayer application is now available to install, and the channels that appear for an easy live transmission.
He has taken a long time, but it is good to see that Iplayer finally arrives: for those of us in the United Kingdom, it is one of the most important transmission applications of all, especially since everything is free for rates payers.
You can install the application now from the Applications section on your transmitter, or through Google Play Store on your phone.
