Google TV is on the horizon with Google, Intel and Sony teaming up to create a new generation of internet-connected TVs and set-top boxes using Android and the Chrome browser.
Google TV will apparently create a system where you would be able to navigate to web apps like Twitter just as easily as you can hop around channels now.
Google TV is set to be based on the Android OS and Google is likely to open up the system to developers in the same way it has for Android on smartphones.
Sony Bravia internet video streaming TVs are already on sale but reports suggest that it will develop new set-top boxes and TV sets using Intel Atom chips and Google’s search smarts to offer the Google TV system.
Google is apparently set to deliver a software toolkit for Google TV to developers in the next few months and products using the software could arrive as soon as the summer.
Sources close to the project told the New York Times that the Google TV project has been running for several months with Logitech creating dedicated peripherals including a remote with a built-in keyboard. That sounds similar to the clever Boxee remote we spotted a while back.
Sony, Logitech, Intel and Google have all recently advertised for engineers to work on Android devices and TV related projects. While none of them will officially comment on the Google TV project, all that recruitment suggests it’s on the way.
Due TBC | £TBC | Google (via New York Times)
