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Since content is constantly moving between streaming services, Google TV has become a lifeboat sort in that it makes it simple to determine the content available for which streaming service.
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Certain third-party apps have discovered ways to duplicate that; however, Amazon has blocked that "guide" feature in the Fire TV platform.
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The Google TV "guide" of content lets the platform display where TV and movie shows are available to stream or purchase.
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It often permits those sites to "deep link" to other applications.
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When you search for "The Office," for instance, it displays an option to bring up the show using the Peacock application directly.
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Plex embraced similar functionality across its many applications last year.
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Similar to Google TV, it could discover movies and shows across services and then directly connect to them.
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But, as Tech Hive reports, that "guide" feature of Plex called "Discover" can now be disabled for Amazon Fire TV.