{"id":304768,"date":"2025-05-30T04:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=304768"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:31:46","slug":"google-tv-will-have-a-new-feature-to-reduce-your-electricity-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-tv-will-have-a-new-feature-to-reduce-your-electricity-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Google TV will have a new feature to reduce your electricity bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new update is coming to Google TV that could help users&nbsp;<strong>save money by reducing unnecessary power consumption<\/strong>. The system, now used in over 270 million devices worldwide, is preparing to launch a long-requested feature: a sleep timer to automatically turn off the television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sleep timer aims to reduce wasted energy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Google TV users will soon be able to&nbsp;<strong>program their TVs to turn off after a set time<\/strong>, a major step towards lowering energy bills. While some manufacturers had already introduced their own auto-off functions, this is the first time Google TV integrates it natively. This means all compatible TVs\u2014regardless of brand\u2014will benefit from the update without needing specific customizations from the manufacturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upcoming feature was uncovered by Android Authority through the latest update to the Google TV Home app. Code snippets refer to a&nbsp;<strong>\u201cSleep Timer BroadcastReceiver\u201d and a \u201cSleep TimerFallbackActivity,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;hinting that the development is well advanced. Users will be able to set, pause or cancel the timer, with on-screen messages to notify them when the TV is about to power down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A small feature with real financial impact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While the timer may seem minor, its impact could be significant. A Smart TV left on overnight could consume&nbsp;<strong>up to 2.4 kWh if running for 8 hours<\/strong>, which translates to around \u20ac0.31 per night at today\u2019s electricity prices. If this happens daily, it could add&nbsp;<strong>more than \u20ac100 per year<\/strong>&nbsp;to your electricity bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By introducing a simple tool like this, Google TV not only improves the user experience but also&nbsp;<strong>addresses everyday energy waste<\/strong>&nbsp;in a practical way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new update is coming to Google TV that could help users&nbsp;save money by reducing unnecessary power consumption. The system, now used in over 270 million devices worldwide, is preparing to launch a long-requested feature: a sleep timer to automatically turn off the television. Sleep timer aims to reduce wasted energy Google TV users will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-tv-will-have-a-new-feature-to-reduce-your-electricity-bill\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Google TV will have a new feature to reduce your electricity bill&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":304769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-304768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304770,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304768\/revisions\/304770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304768"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=304768"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=304768"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=304768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}