Google brings YouTube mobile beaming to Bang & Olufsen, LG, Sony and other big-brand TVs | TheNextWeb

“It works a little like AirPlay for iOS, in that you find a video you want to watch, click the little TV icon and it will play instantly on Google TV. But it’s more than that – it’s also a remote control that lets you pause, scroll and navigate to the next video as it plays on the TV. You can also find another video to watch or browse the Web on your device, while the video plays.”

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Google TV Gets Some Much-Needed Improvements, Still Needs More [video] – TIME.com

“Slowly but surely, Google TV is starting to look like a legitimate connected TV platform.

 

On Wednesday, Google announced a couple of improvements for its TV and set-top box software, including voice search and a better way to browse for movies and TV shows. The update is rolling out this week to LG’s Google TV hardware, such as the 47G2 television, and will come to other second-generation hardware such as Vizio’s Co-Star in the coming months.”

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Korean IPTV service LG Uplus launches a Google TV-powered set-top box – Engadget

“While we’ve seen the Google TV platform spread to additional manufacturers and some new lower-priced form factors, LG Uplus (not the same as LG Electronics) is the first we’ve seen offering a set-top box for its IPTV service based on it. new and existing customers alike can opt for the U+TV G, which will blend live TV streams, video on-demand and Google TV apps.”

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