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Asus Qube Google TV Box Hands On: Maybe Not As Simple As We Wanted

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 >>

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Asus’s Qube for Google TV Might Finally Make Google TV Worth Using

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 >>

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Trolling YouTube On Your TV Just Got Easier

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 >>

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The Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2012

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 >>

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LG Adds Google TV to Seven Sets for Smarter Channel Surfing

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 >>

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Google Just Beat Siri to TV Voice Search

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 >>

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Google TV Joins November 13th Update Party With Music and Movies Hitting the UK

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 >>

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What’s Google Announcing at I/O Today?

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 >>

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Sony NSZ-GS7 Review: Google TV Is Still Bad

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 >>

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Google TV Will Finally Arrive in the UK Next Month

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 >>

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We’ll Finally Get Sony-Powered Google TVs in September

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 >>

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Is Google TV Getting a Siri Clone?

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 >>

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Yeah, That’s Probably Not the Best Comparison to Make When Talking of Your Google TV Remote, Sony

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 >>

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Sony’s Google TV Boxes Arriving Earlier Than Expected, In Spring (Updated)

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 >>

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First Google TV Devices Hitting the UK This Summer

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 >>