When you buy a TV streaming box, there are certain things you wouldn’t expect it to do. It shouldn’t secretly be laced with malware or start communicating with servers in China when it’s powered up.

Marketplaces and e-waste recycling centers are practically overflowing with the things: ARM-based streaming TV boxes that run some — usually very outdated and compromised — version of Android. While ...

Are you sitting down? Maybe you are watching TV and using an Android-powered streaming box like millions of others. If so, security researchers have some bad news for 1.3 million of you spread across ...

Although Android technically runs on top of Linux, generally most Android devices abstract away the underlying Linux-ness of these machines. In theory this is a good thing; we wouldn’t necessarily ...

Attention Android TV box users! There is new malware out there. However, you don’t have to worry if your device is officially certified by Play Protect. The malware, known as Vo1d, directly targets ...

It seems like the cost of entertainment is always rising. Streaming services continue to raise their subscription fees, and the hardware you need to run streaming apps on the big screen is also ...

Walmart’s cheaper Onn 4K TV boxes are also reportedly receiving the Android TV 14 update. The update brings the March 2025 security patch and various bug fixes. This news comes shortly after the ...