Tag: Set-Top Box

Android TV brings Google back to the living room

Google is making a huge push with Android this year, spreading its reach to your phone, your computer, your car, your wrist, and now finally, your television with the all new Android TV. The long-rumored service finally debuted onstage at Google’s I/O conference, featuring a simple to use, clean user interface based on Google’s new ...

Google TV reborn as Android TV

A few days after Amazon launched its device, the Fire TV, Google is launching a new television platform called Android TV, according to documents obtained by The Verge. Android TV is described as sharing more in common with set boxes like Apple TV and Amazon’s Fire TV. The device will be compatible with gaming, and ...

Fire TV: Amazon competes with Apple and Google

Amazon launched “Fire TV”, an internet-connected TV set-top box as it competes with Apple TV and Google’s Chromecast, to gain a share of the television market. It’s not the first time Amazon launched a hardware device, they’ve done something similar with the Amazon Kindle line. “It makes sense for Amazon to try to tie everything ...

Upcoming Amazon gaming controller revealed

It seems Amazon’s plans to get heavily involved in the gaming industry are finally taking shape and are coming to fruition. Some leaked pictures show that Amazon has a gaming controller  ready for an upcoming Amazon game console. In truth, Amazon’s console is more likely to be a set-top box combined with a gaming console, ...