Google has acknowledged that people find its TV software to be slow and, in response to criticism, the firm is releasing some significant upgrades to speed up performance and better manage storage on both Chromecast with Google TV and other smart TVs.

“We’ve shortened the time it takes for the Google TV home screen to load at startup so you can start exploring shows and movies faster” through CPU optimizations and enhancements to cache management, the company said.

According to Google, these improvements will eventually be accessible on all devices, an IANS report stated.

The company said it has also improved navigation so scrolling within a tab and switching between tabs is more responsive. “The Live tab also loads quicker, so you’ll see less of the loading animation when switching between tabs. Google TV now uses less RAM,” said the tech giant.

Google also made image caching optimisations that will reduce the time it takes to switch to kids’ profiles and to start browsing through content.

“We’ve eliminated the latency between loading a kids profile to starting an app,” it said late on Monday. There are currently 10,000 apps available on Google TV.