Google TV was shown at the Google I/O 2010 conference on Thursday. The demo done at the Google I/O showed the Android and Google chrome merging the web and television into a seamless experience. The Google TV allows users to use a search bar to discover programs instead of scrolling through a channel directory. Also, any Android based upon phone can be used as a remote with spoken commands.
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The Google TV demo
Built into Sony HDTVs and Blu-ray players could be Google's TV Android capabilities. Logitech plans to sell set-top Google TV devices to hook into existing TVs. Washington Post explains that Google TV Android replaces the cable or satellite providers program guide with a search engine that indexes the total channel inventory and relevant web content for each channel. Individuals will be running out for exact same day loans to purchase Google TV devices when they hear that a search typed in with either a remote or spoken into an Android phone will replace the grid used now. Google TV search on Android also provides a whole bunch of different web choices – if you will find no scheduled airings of a show, users can switch to Google Chrome for streaming episodes available on Amazon or Hulu. Users also can use one corner to watch a! show when browsing the web with the rest of the screen. Google TV can also schedule a recording on a separate DVR.
According to Google, “video should be consumed on the biggest, best and brightest screen in your house, and that’s the TV.”
Google and also the TV devices
Google TV partners include Sony, which plans to launch Sony Internet TVs and Blu-ray players with Google TV in the fall, engadget.com reports . Logitech will introduce a set-top Google TV device with a Harmony remote and an HD camera for video chat. Dish also plans to launch a Google TV box. In retail store, Best Buy will promote the Google TV platform. In a $70 billion advertising market, Google TV has a potential US customer base of 60 million HDTV households. You will find 4 billion TV viewers worldwide as outlined by engadget.com.
Google I/O wants Google TV developers
Google called on developers to start prepping Google TV ready apps. PC World reports that Sony and Logitech Google TV devices will be powered by an Intel Atom processor. Google TV has 3 main software components. The service will at first run Android 2.1 but could be upgraded over the air. Google TV will consist of Flash 10.1 and also the browser is Chrome. Google TV should have the mobile version of Android Market working on it. Apps at the moment within the market should work on Google TV if they do not require phone-specific hardware.
More details on this topic
Washington Post
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/05/google_tv_some_web_smarts_for.html
engadget.com reports
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/google-tv-turns-on-at-i-o/
PC World reports
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2364007,00.asp
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