Google tv and Android tv get advertisements for vehicles

advertisements on Android tv and Google tv have always been reasonably tame in contrast with completely different sensible tv platforms, as they fully confirmed commercials for tv reveals and movies. however slowly, Android tv and Google tv advertisements have been starting to level out bodily merchandise, collectively with a mannequin new advert going round that advertises and Audi car.

Google first launched advertisements for Android tv in 2020, simply months forward of the debut of Google tv, which was heavier on its give consideration to solutions and general content material. inside the years since Google has slowly experimented with how these bits of sponsored promoting can seem, however for a whereas it was locked to content material you can stream in your system. That started to fluctuate in 2021, when Google and Marvel pushed advertisements for Shang-Chi on Android tv earlier than the film had even hit theaters.

Earlier this 12 months, we noticed the essential advertisements on Google tv for bodily merchandise, with an advert in India for a retail retailer promoting Apple merchandise.

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Now, Google is taking issues up a notch.

One Reddit person (presumably in Germany) seen an advert for an Audi electrical car. The advert carries the “commercial” badge and the (translated) tagline “the future is already ready.” The advert was seen on an Nvidia defend tv which nonetheless makes use of the Android tv “uncover” expertise pretty than Google tv.

Android TV and Google TV ads continue to push ads for physical products, now including cars

This rising pattern of exhibiting advertisements for bodily merchandise is actually a disgrace to see, however it nonetheless seems that Google is barely testing the waters. We’ve but to see these form of advertisements seem extensively, particularly inside the usa. however it seems inevitable that Google will proceed to push on with these expansions, particularly as a outcome of the platform grows.