Google announced its Google TV initiative which integrates Android, Chrome, cloud computing and high definition TV into a singular experience.
Features will include a search box and the ability to personalize content. The demo operated by a wireless computer keyboard takes the user across the TV and Web. Powered by Android OS 2.1, Google TV is apparently an experiment in convergence. During the demo, Google's CEO Eric Schmidt brought in the CEOs of its partner companies in the Google TV project.
Partners included during the announcement were Sony (line of TVs), Logitech (companion box, Harmony remote), Intel (Atom processor). Product will become available in the Fall 2010. Google said it also partnered with Dish Networks. The set-top boxes will apparently be sold via Best Buy and will connect to existing HDTVs via HDMI connector and possibly require a wireless or wired Internet connection.
Google TV will include a search box and the ability to personalize content. The demo operated by a wireless computer keyboard takes the user across the TV and Web.