Ads on Android TV and Google TV have always been moderately tame compared to other smart TV platforms, as they exclusively showed advertisements for TV shows and movies. But slowly, Android TV and Google TV ads have been starting to show physical products, including a new ad going around that advertises an Audi car.
Earlier this year, we saw the first ads on Google TV for physical products, with an
ad in India for a retail store selling Apple products.
One Reddit user (presumably in Germany) spotted an ad for an Audi electric car. The ad carries the “advertisement” badge and the (translated) tagline, “The future is already waiting.” The ad was seen on an Nvidia Shield TV, which still uses the Android TV “Discover” experience rather than Google TV.
This increasing trend of showing ads for physical products is certainly a shame to see, but it still appears that Google is only testing the waters
