At the Moscone Center in San Francisco, packed with more than 5000 software developers for the annual conference of Google, the company made a demonstration of Google TV. The project is implemented in partnership with Intel, Sony, Dish Network, Logitech, Best Buy and Adobe Systems. The Google TV will be built by Sony and will work with an Intel microprocessor. A special remote control and a Logitech wireless keyboard will be numbered. The Internet browser is Chrome.
The device, which uses the Android operating system, already present on different phone models, provides users with advanced search services to navigate through a series of TV programs and websites from the comfort of your home.
“We have waited for this day for a long time,” said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. The approach of the giant Mountain view is to provide something unique than others. Internet and TV users can now look at specific products via the Internet to the TV, such as Netflix movie streaming. Google’s intention is to create a much broader platform, allowing users to view any type of Internet content on TV, with the addition of Android applications and new software that will be created by developers.
Google wants to expand its activities beyond selling advertising online, which are now almost its entire turnover. With online TV, which still did not breach the public, will try to succeed where others have failed . The Cupertino Company has only “small” volume of sales of its Apple TV device, for years on the market, and society itself defines a “hobby.”
“This is the first time that an approach really opened the TV is designed for consumers, “said Eric Kim, vice general manager of Intel. The hardware will be essential. Sony will offer it perhaps as early as this fall, television named Google TV, along with a decoder built-in Blu-ray. Logitech, a company known for mouse and keyboards will manufacture a compatible remote control that can make Internet addresses.