Google prepares to launch Android TV - Reuters

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Google prepares to launch Android TV

objective of this platform is to create an alternative to the conventional television programming

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After the Google TV, the company’s most used search engine in the world is preparing to launch Android TV, which will be an interactive platform for Smart TV – television experience that allows computers, TVs and boxes work together -. advances the website ‘The Verge’

Although the company has not yet confirmed the information, the site said that the goal is not will reinvent the way of watching television but to create an alternative to conventional programming. Basically, the TV will be an Android set-top box, or a device for reception of TV signal that allows you to see at home, on your TV, the program that had begun to see the smartphone or tablet.

Apple TV, Roku and the recently launched TV Fire, Amazon’s going to be the biggest competitors of Android TV. According to the same site, it is intended that the platform is simpler than Google TV and uncomplicated refer to applications like Youtube, Vevo and Hangouts.

The interface of Android TV ( as you can see in the image below published ) will split the content of films, series, programs, applications and games, shown on the screen as miniature cards. Besides the traditional commands, you can also control the voice platform, as already happens with the Fire TV.

CHROMECAST, PRODUCT OF GOOGLE MAKING COMPETITION TO SET-TOP BOX

The Chromecast of Google now competes with the set-top box. This small device, similar to a pen when it is connected to an HDMI output passes the contents of smartphones, tablets and laptops to television.

is not yet known when it will be launched Android TV, nor its price. However, the costs should not be much different Chromecast, which costs $ 35 (about 25 euros).

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