According to an article by GigaOm.com, Google has decided to release its TV application over in Europe come next September. According to Google's information page, Google TV is basically when your Google account is hooked up to your television so that you can do many tasks on TV that you would normally do online. This could include using Google applications such as Google Play, their application market, YouTube, or other services such as Netflix Instant or Pandora. Google is implementing this along side Sony, a major company that produces and sells television sets. This means that when Sony sells a TV, their remote control will have a Google Play button already on it for direct access, facilitating the use of this service even further.
Samsung, LG, and Vizio are also all releasing TVs known as Google TV devices this year, with the same Google TV capabilities but much cheaper and more affordable to the average consumer. It seems as though every single day Google is implementing an application, or developing a service that is not necessarily more intrusive, but definitely a part of a new aspect of our lives. They have already done an unbelievable job at attracting internet users to their sites and applications, and now it seems as though they are moving into the TV market as well. So far they have at least stuck mostly to software and applications. I can't help but wonder if they will ever venture into the hardware market and maybe come out with a computer or television of their own?
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