Google TV Can Use Android Apps This Spring
Google has promised that it should extend its Android apps platform to Google TV “this year,”and now there are a few indicators that it may be coming as early as this spring.
Developers have observed an Android Market update that filters for touchscreen units – TV may be the only non-touchscreen gadget – which would enable Google TV end users to browse TV-only apps. The addition of Android apps may be a significant shot in the arm for Google TV, which has endured from poor opinions.
As every person has discovered from cellphones, the important thing to achievement with an app platform is an avid growth local community. Apple is the most significant, and it has nevertheless to announce any strategies to develop its app platform to Apple TV (but I imagine that’s inevitable, when they’ve cleared the flurry of iPad app growth.) Android is second-largest. But on tv thus far, Samsung is leading the way, hitting two million downloads very last week.
As Android prepares to produce its TV debut, Samsung is experimenting with means to integrate Google TV, and by extension, the larger Android marketplace at the same time. Simultaneously, it’s aggressively cultivating developers on its very own platform. We’ll see what comes about upcoming.
