Google TV Demo Wows A Huge Crowd At Google I/O 2010

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 find programs instead of scrolling through a channel directory. Also, any Android based phone could be used as a remote with spoken commands.

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The Google TV demo

Built into Sony HDTVs and Blu-ray players will be Google’s TV Android capabilities. A set-top Google TV device that could be hooked into existing TVs can be sold by Logitech. 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. People can 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 web options – if you will find no scheduled airings of a show, users can switch to Google Chrome for streaming episodes accessible on Amazon or Hulu. Users can browse the web when nevertheless watching a show in one corner. A recording can also be scheduled by Google TV 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 contain Sony, which will launch Sony Internet TVs and Blu-ray players with Google TV within 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. A Google TV box may also be launched by Dish Network. In retail store, Best Buy will promote the Google TV platform. Google TV has a potential US customer base of 60 million HDTV households alone in a market of $70 billion. The engadget.com article reports a total of 4 billion TV viewers worldwide — the biggest market within the world.

Google I/O calls for Google TV developers

At the Google TV demonstration at Google I/O 2010, 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 actually has 3 main software components. Although it will eventually be upgraded over the air, the service will run Android 2.1. The browser is Chrome and Google TV will include Flash 10.1. The mobile version of Android Market will work on Google TV. Apps at the moment in the market should work on Google TV if they do not require phone-specific hardware.

Martin Rogen