A Google-led consortium of technology companies, including Sony, Intel, Adobe, Logitech, DISH Network and Best Buy, will reportedly support a platform and offer devices that combine the web with television. The announcement was made at Google's I/O developer conference in San Francisco.
The new platform will be called Google TV. It is based on Google's Android platform and runs the Google Chrome web browser. The new platform is expected to allow users to search and watch content from television content providers, the web, applications and personal content libraries from stationary and mobile devices.
Sony and Logitech have said that they will deliver products based on the new Intel Atom processor and integrating Google TV later during the year. Sony has assured both a standalone TV model and a set-top box-type unit incorporating a Blu-ray disc drive.
Logitech will launch a companion box that will bring Google TV to existing high definition home entertainment systems, including a controller that combines keyboard and remote capabilities. In addition, Adobe Flash will be integrated directly into the Google Chrome browser on Google TV.
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