As rumored, Google announced with Sony and Intel its Google TV. This new initiative will see Android included in not just televisions, but Blu-ray players, and a Google set-top box called Buddy Box in an attempt to bring the Internet to televisions in a whole new way.
Google TV will grant a distinction between TV and Web content, where users can search for TV content on Hulu, Amazon and Netflix or switch back to regular TV content. There will also be support for Flash based products for video sites and lso for Flash based games and streaming Pandora.
While Google TV will be useable with keyboards and the like, it will also be navigable with a single remote. Additionally, Android equipped phones can dictate search queries to Google TV and can stream video from the phone to the TV along with having their own Apps.
Television sets with Google TV will have Ethernet and Wi-Fi and DVR recording with Dish network. Google TV can be brought to existing TVs with Buddy Box and will be available in Sony Bravia TV sets as well as Blu-ray players.
Source: PC World
