Yearslong fight over users’ right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial

For years, owners of Vizio smart TVs have had little control over the software running on their sets—software that can track ...
AppleInsider

Vizio will add Apple TV app to SmartCast smart TV software this summer

Vizio is bringing the Apple TV app to its lineup of smart televisions, with an update to its SmartCast feature arriving later this summer that also brings other improvements to the software. The ...
TechHive

Vizio rolls out speed update for its revamped smart TV platform

Vizio’s most recent TVs are poised to get peppier thanks to an upcoming performance-boosting patch for the manufacturer’s just-overhauled smart TV platform. The software update will deliver a variety ...
The Verge

Vizio is giving its TV software a much-needed overhaul

The new interface is called Home Screen and feels like it’s modeled after the popular streaming apps that people are already accustomed to. The new interface is called Home Screen and feels like it’s ...
ZDNet

Software Freedom Conservancy sues Vizio for GPL violations

The SFC is suing Vizio because its SmartCast OS is based on Linux. Linux's source code is protected under the GPL version 2 (GPLv2). Besides the Linux kernel, the other GPL'd and Lesser GPL (LGPL)'d ...