[Update: User trials underway] AT&T is testing a DirectTV Android TV set-top device, trials expected early next year

• Update 1: 2019/01/03 9:00am PST
  It looks like AT&T has gotten the ball rolling on testing its DirecTV streaming box with users slightly ahead of schedule, at least based on the H1 2019 timetable we

Last year, Variety reported that AT&T was working on an Android TV-powered device for so-called "over-the-top" streaming of its DirectTV service, based on the contents of an FCC filing. Based on the contents of a recent AT&T earnings call (transcribed by Seeking Alpha), development has advanced to the point of internal beta testing, with trials expected "in the first half of next year."

The DirectTV Android TV set-top remote (left) and unit (right), according to the FCC filing.

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