When we first heard about the Qube, we were hoping it would be the Google TV box that finally succeeded in making the serve simple and easy to use. Well, we still haven't seen it in actual action — Asus's demo model isn't functional — but the remote is enough to give us a second of pause. Read More >>
Featured comment by EddyCJ:
"Maybe you wouldn't need to connect up? How about having a little NFC tag on the top of the Qube? Then everyone just needs to touch their phones agains..." More »
Google's Nexus Q was supposed to be the thing that legitimised Google TV, taking it from comical TV feature to a fluid addition to Google's services. Instead, it flopped, then never even came out. So Asus decided to make its own streaming box. Read More >>
Featured comment by Etheos:
"Did anyone else think of this when they saw the image above? http://cdn.rickey.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Make_your_own_Doctor_Who....jpg" More »
Last November Google announced a nifty little feature that lets you browse for YouTube videos on your Android device and then sling and control them to your Google TV TV. Pretty cool if you have a Google TV that hasn't kicked the bucket or you're even still using it. Read More >>
Lots of fun, good, and exciting things happened in our world this year. But there were still so many things that could've been truly great, but flopped. Broken promises. Awful gadgets. Here's what broke Giz's heart in 2012. Read More >>
Keypads are quickly becoming a legacy techonology thanks to a collaboration between LG and Google TV. The company announced today that it is expanding Google TV functionality to seven of its 2013 models. Read More >>
Google TV is getting voice search. And that's pretty awesome because some of us get violently angry at scrolling through pages and pages of a guide. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Of course Google beat siri to tv voice search. They've been doing voice search for longer than apple, have a better voice search product and have a tv..." More »
November 13th is going to be quite a big day in Google history. It sees the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 launch alongside Android 4.2 and Google's Music cloud sync service here, plus there's a surprise in store for the few Google TV users in the UK. Read More >>
With WWDC behind us and Microsoft's Surface tablet out of the bag, it's Google's turn to take the lid off its latest. It's annual I/O developer conference, which starts Wednesday, should offer a heaping buffet of new products and software developments. But let's start with the usual amuse-bouche: a crapload of rumours. So what might I/O bring this year? Read More >>
Google TV has been, for quite some time now, promising to do for your TV what it's done for phones: smarts, apps, convenience, bliss. It hasn't worked — at all. Now Sony's next stab is here. Maybe next time. Read More >>
Featured comment by jehla:
"Does it have iplayer, 4OD, itv catchup, etc? I'm assuming it has a TV tuner in it..
I'm not sure why the remote control is being slammed, not inclu..." More »
After waiting almost two years for it, Google TV is finally going to make it over to the UK courtesy of a Sony set top box. Whether it'll actually be worth buying, that's another matter entirely, but at least it's actually here at last. Read More >>
Featured comment by tracdoor:
"So can somebody explain what this thing is? If it's a TV can I watch Freeview channels and the like on there? I get that it has apps on it, I just don..." More »
We've been waiting for some time now, but we still haven’t seen any Google TVs in Britain yet. Now Sony’s apparently set to start selling Google TV set-top boxes in Europe kicking off in September this year, complete with Google Play, Android apps, and Sony’s own services including Music Unlimited. Considering our US cousins have had them for ages now, it’s about time we got them in Blighty. Read More >>
Google's got a patent application out there for a Siri-like UI for Google TV. What does that mean for Google TV owners? Not much just yet, but it's a sign you're not totally abandoned. Read More >>
When discussing the changes between the US and European remotes, Sony's business development chap for Google TV, Ralph Becker, made the above observation regarding the US remote (pictured above). At least RIM has one fan? He also took us through the additions we'll see when it launches in Spring/Summer (or even as late as October?), including the gyroscope and microphone. Read More >>
Last we heard of Sony's two Google TV boxes, the Blu-ray drive-equipped NSZ-GP9 and non-Blu-ray NSZ-GS7 models were due to launch in the UK in summer. But today, Sony told Giz UK that we can expect to see them in spring, giving the company a "more clear direction of where to go," in regards to the future of Google TV. Read More >>
It looks like the first Google TV device to launch in the UK won't actually be a TV, but is more likely to be a web-connected Sony Blu-ray player that also supports Google's TV dream. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"I think that Google are doing the sensible thing and getting the content first this time round, they totally screwed up the US launch, so this is very..." More »