Google TV, when the television to see the search engine

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Google TV is expected to re-defines how people consume internet content and watch television. Both of these different activities merged into one.

Surfing activity in cyberspace is generally done on a laptop or netbook. In contrast, five billion people use the television to watch videos or view your favorite shows. That number more than mobile phone users and computers in the world. Well, now, what if there are services that can fuse the two? Google is where the TV stand.

Imagine you are sitting relaxed in the living room couch. With a wireless keyboard, you go to CNN website to see the latest news. After enough reading, you think want to watch episodes of Top Gear. Simply type in Top Gear on the home screen, then Google TV will show a variety of related videos that can be seen Top Gear. Before long, you get a call from the wife to check the prices Nokia N8 are willing to buy.

No need to rise up to take a laptop, simply switch the browser to the Amazon site. Price N8 and N8 features can be directly known. Google TV as your computer screen move to the big screen television. Users can do anything. Start playing games Farmville, browse videos on YouTube, looking for explanations in Wikipedia, Google Map to access, view photos on Flickr, even a status update on Twitter or Facebook.

This is only a fraction of the various benefits of Google TV that will be enjoyed. But, whether by the Google TV users then have to stop pay-TV subscription? Probably not. Indeed, Google TV offers online streaming-video content is very comprehensive and complete.

But, of course, still a lot of impressions on pay TV that is not available. For example, sports impressions directly, such as the Oscar awards, HBO, and others. Because it’s actually Google TV is designed as a complement, not substitute for your TV.

Content varied

To enrich the content in the Google TV, Google is not playing games. They have took the content of cooperation with Amazon, NBA, Netflix, The New York Times, NBC Universal, USA Today and others. Forms of cooperation, among others, in the form of application. Yes, Google TV work with the Android-based operating system and web browser Chrome. Therefore, future users will get lots of applications on the television screen.

Approximately the same as the existing applications on Android phones. Not only that, the owner of the Android phones can also use the phone as a remote. Start selecting the menu, do fast forward, pause or play, until the voice search or search using the voice. Home menu screen on a television screen can also be customized and altered according to user preferences.

They can even make your bookmarks to the channel, application, up to your favorite websites. Alternated between TV and the web can be done quickly. In fact, the user can see a live game score while watching the game in progress. This can be done through an application called NBA Game Time.

“What you see today is only the beginning. Later, there will be more accessible to Web content on television. The form was very diverse and varied,” said Ambarish Kenghe, developer product manager for Google TV. To educate Internet users, Google earlier this month has launched a Google website. com / TV.Website it shed some light on how Google TV work, including giving information related to buying the TV from Sony following supporting devices such as keyboards from Logitech.

Yes, the tools to access the Google TV is already available. Last week, Sony released the first Internet HDTV in New York.TV 1080p LED screen that is equipped with a USB port, four HDMI inputs, and the capabilities of Wi-Fi.Ada four sizes available, namely 24 inches, 32 inches, 40 inches, and 46 inches.

To measure 24 inches price is USD599, while 46 of about USD1.399. Actually, Google is not the first technology that tries to marry television to the Internet. Yahoo! previously been doing the same thing 18 months ago. Meanwhile, Apple also provides a refresher on the new Apple TV service. But, it seems only Google that will bring the era of Internet TV into a new phase.