Emma Roth, for The Verge:

More than a year after launching its smart TV platform in Europe, TiVo is now bringing it to the US. The company's putting its TiVo OS platform inside a new Sharp TV arriving as soon as February, rivaling the likes of Roku, Google TV, and Amazon's Fire TV.

TiVo first announced TiVo OS in 2022, but the platform didn't actually launch until last year. The company bills its operating system as a "neutral" platform, allowing TV manufacturers to put their own spin on the viewing experience. It says TiVo OS supports "a wide range" of streaming services and comes with a recommendation system that serves up "personalized suggestions." TiVo OS also offers voice controls for select TVs, but it doesn't say whether this Sharp one is included.

55" 4K OLED. Three HDMI ports. Dolby Atmos. No price yet.

I actually didn’t realize TiVo was even still a thing. I say this as someone who’s owned seven TiVos since 2001 (four still “active” with “lifetime subscriptions”). All are in storage. Streaming (and Plex) covers 99% of my needs today; OTA (antenna) covers the rest—usually live baseball.

I miss precisely three things about TiVo: A single view into all my channels. SkipMode. And of course, the “peanut” remote.

I’m struggling to understand who this product is for. I can’t imagine many people are clamoring for a TiVo-powered television today, but if it challenges Roku, and replaces the usually awful TV operating systems, more power to them.