The new Google TV is a fine smart TV interface, but when it gets integrated into some TV sets later this year, its best feature might be that you can turn it off. A report from 9to5Google details an upcoming "Basic TV" mode that will be built into Google TV, which turns off just about all the smart TV features. Right now, Google TV is only available in the new Chromecast, but Google TV will be built into upcoming TVs from Sony and TCL.

9to5Google says that with basic mode, "almost everything is stripped, leaving users with just HDMI inputs and Live TV if they have an antenna plugged directly into the TV.

There's also a big banner advertising Google TV mode, which you'll presumably just have to learn to ignore.

If you're wondering what the difference is between "Android TV" and "Google TV," Google TV is kind of like the next version of Android TV.

Google TV is just the Android TV codebase with a new interface, which offers things like a unified search.

By 2022, Google says TV manufacturers won't be allowed to ship Android TV and will instead ship Google TV.