Media Player OS Market Share

[Jdiesel 1493]

The Streamable this week published new data from Hub Research, ranking the top streaming OS competitors in the US market. To no one’s surprise, Roku has a dominant lead with 37% of the overall market, with Amazon’s Fire TV in a distant second place at 17%

[Jdiesel 1493]

I'm surprised to see that Roku still has such a large market share.

I'm curious to whether this aligns with Emby's install numbers.

[ebr 16640]

1 hour ago, Jdiesel said:

I'm surprised to see that Roku still has such a large market share.

Just further evidence that the vast majority of people just want simple...

[ebr 16640]

1 hour ago, Jdiesel said:

I'm curious to whether this aligns with Emby's install numbers

In our world, Android TV dwarfs Roku in active users - by an order of magnitude+

[yocker 1814]

2 hours ago, Jdiesel said:

The Streamable this week published new data from Hub Research, ranking the top streaming OS competitors in the US market. To no one’s surprise, Roku has a dominant lead with 37% of the overall market, with Amazon’s Fire TV in a distant second place at 17%

Bet for EU this would have Android way at top followed by Samsung.

[GrimReaper 5077]

35 minutes ago, yocker said:

Bet for EU this would have Android way at top followed by Samsung.

I'd assume worldwide would be the same. 

Edit:

Edited July 29 by GrimReaper

[daldana 136]

So Android TV is leading the real world and the Emby world, but it's slated to be replaced by Emby mgmt? Am I missing something here?

[Jdiesel 1493]

23 minutes ago, daldana said:

So Android TV is leading the real world and the Emby world, but it's slated to be replaced by Emby mgmt? Am I missing something here?

Emby for Android is a direct substitute for Emby for Android TV. Both run on Android TV. There used a be a time when true Android TV devices were rare and most TV boxes ran mobile Android with a different launcher. That isn't the case anymore as most TV streamers run Android TV/Google TV now. I think one of the main reasons Emby is moving towards a Universal (mobile/TV) app, is due to different Play Store review requirements for Android TV apps. They must pass compatibility test suite checks, and meet certain UI and hardware requirements.

[daldana 136]

If it were a direct substitute, I would switch over to it in an instant, but it's not. The UI is not setup for a TV, you can't change channels by entering numbers from a remote, etc., there is a whole thread dedicated to the differences between the two.