LG expand Google TV ranges

Consumer electronics giant LG Electronics is to make a major improvement to its Google TV selection, initiation seven models in five screen sizes throughout 2013. Even after two years' accessibility, the jury is efficiently still out on the Google TV proposal and the service's history to date has been determined by a general lack of necessary hardware as well as subject concerning forceful content.

A major drive by a CE firm of LG's position will be a enormous stimulus to Google TV and, to be reveal at CES 2013 in Las Vegas, the new line-up will include two model series - GA7900 and GA6400 - designed, claims LG, to deliver "an exceptionally perceptive user experience, different sizes and new design to better meet consumers' expectations."

The sets will also merge Google's latest podium and LG's redesigned Magic Qwerty Remote to augment the efficiency of voice search and the PrimeTime quick guide. A rationalized Home Dashboard offers rationalized access to premium video-on-demand (VOD) satisfied from HBO GO, YouTube and from Google apps. The console now offers 'cards' that act as folders to exhibit apps and other contented.

Connectivity options contain the capability to pair a YouTube app revise for Android, Smartphone and tablets with Google TV over the same home network via Wi-Fi. LG Google TV will also offer the OnLive app pre-installed, which change the TV into a gaming podium without the need for a divide comfort.

Google TV Updates Voice Search for Smart TV

Google says it will begin distribution out a software update to select Google TV devices this week to add numerous new features, with broader sharing to follow. Google TV customers might familiarity a sense of deja vu: The update makes Google's Voice Search accessible, so viewers can speak into their Google TV remote to watch shows, play YouTube videos, open applications, visit websites, or behavior Google searches. 

Google previously made voice search accessible in December 2010 before it had gone expensive with capital letters as division of the Google TV Remote app for Android and iOS strategy. 

But this latest update incorporated Voice Search into the Google TV platform, taking it beyond voice dictation and content navigation. The new Voice Search relies on Google's information Graph, which allows spoken queries to be implicit more precisely. 

As an example, Google TV product managers Greg Funk and Eric Liu clarify in a blog post that speaking the expression "how to tie a bow tie" will punctual an suitable YouTube video to play. 

That's the familiarity Graph in action, interpreting the query and initiation a relevant video. Without the Knowledge grid, you'd have to speak the video's title. 

Google also has restores its TV & Movies app with an included viewing guide called PrimeTime, which is intended to make it easier to find motivating content to watch on Google TV devices.