Using your hands is so 2010. Voice-activated controls may be on the way for Google TV, according to a patent filed by the company last year that was recently discovered.
Patently Apple has found a filing by Google that lays …
Music and financial news top the list for the most successful Google TV applications, according to a new six-month-long study from Xyologic.
The Android OS-based Google TV software, which currently runs on a variety of set-top boxes from Logitech, Sony, …
One of the best upgrades in Google TV 2.0 was the addition of a dedicated YouTube app — now, it’s about to get even better with an update set to launch this week.
The new YouTube GTV app will offer …
Google has asked the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) for permission to use an undisclosed new “entertainment device” in four major cities over the next six months.
The information came from a FCC application Google submitted in December, which was uncovered …
Smart TVs were plentiful at the Consumer Electronics Show this year, and Google TV appeared in a number of them, including models from LG and Sony.
With its second run at web-connected TVs, Google’s grand plan is to disrupt entertainment …
Electronics manufacturer LG may create a Google-branded television set that would run an unreleased, future version of the Android-based Google TV software.
The Google TV software — which currently runs on a variety of set-top boxes from Logitech, Sony and …
It’s going to get a lot easier to play cloud-based games on your television soon. Game streaming service OnLive announced today that its viewing service will be preloaded on the Google TV service.
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las …
Sony kicked off its CES press conference today with a stunning montage of 3D projected footage, which not only set the tone for the electronics giant’s presentation, but also made this writer desperately want a new 3D projector.
Sony CEO …
South Korean electronics maker LG showed off some cool new gadgets today, including a Google TV-powered HDTV, a high-powered Verizon Android LTE phone and a connected refrigerator that can order your groceries. Company executives debuted the products live at a …
Not content to sit around and let Apple beat it to the TV market, Lenovo introduced its first television today at the Consumer Electronics Show, which is also notable for being the first TV to run the Android 4.0 operating …
As expected, Google TV will get a big shot in the arm at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
LG, Vizio, and Sony will be announcing new Google TV devices at CES, while Samsung will announce its products …
Marvell‘s Armada family of chips will provide the brains for the second-generation Google TV set-top box for connected TVs, the company said today.
The new box, which was announced in October and will be on display next week at the …
Zynga is finally bringing its mega-popular Texas HoldEm poker game to the living room TV set, but it’s not going through a major video game console manufacturers to get there.
In addition to its social media and mobile gaming apps, …
For those of you letting your Logitech Revue collect dust on a neglected shelf next to the DVD player, it’s time to break out the feather duster.
The Logitech Revue, a Google TV-enabled set-top box, is getting updated with Android …
Samsung is apparently in “last-stage talks” with Google to produce a new device running the search giant’s Google TV software, reports Reuters.
The Google TV software, which optimizes internet video content for viewing on a television screen, is currently available …
With connected TVs — those that can access online content — consumers have changed what they typically watch, but their viewing habits around prime-time remain the same, according to the web video aggregator Redux.
Redux’s service, which collects interesting web …
Almost a year after its launch, Google TV owners are finally beginning to receive a major update that will dramatically improve the service with the addition of apps, a cleaner interface and more. But will the update make a dent …
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For the last two years, the television business has seen a decline in cable subscriptions due to cord cutting. But perhaps even scarier to TV executives is the increasing disruption that companies like Google and YouTube are causing as they …
Google is said to be giving its Google TV operating system another push. The search giant is teaming up with manufacturer LG on a new television that will be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, according to a …
Google TV, the search giant’s combo hardware-software entertainment endeavor, could be on its way to attracting a larger male customer base, as porn studio Vivid Entertainment is now streaming sexually explicit content to television sets by way of a Google …
