With overpriced hardware and unfriendly UI, Google TV didnât exactly set the world on fire when it launched last year. But, a much-heralded 2.0 revision brought Android apps and better navigation to the service last year. Now, thanks to a partnership with OnLive, users of the streaming/search hybrid will be able to play AAA video games on their televisions without investing new hardware.
https://gizmodo.com/google-tv-2-0-android-honeycomb-apps-awesome-5854222
In an announcement today, OnLiveâs said that their Viewer app will be available through Google TV, letting users chat while viewing clips of big-release games like Assassinâs Creed: Revelations. The cloud-gaming companyâs also saying that this is just a pre-cursor to delivering a full gaming experience to Google TV users, just like theyâve done with tablets and smartphones with their updated OnLive app
https://lastchance.cc/here-s-why-you-need-to-stop-dismissing-onlive-s-tablet-5866705%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
OnLiveâs making it harder and harder to write them off. Theyâve done the tough work of building technology, proving it works and securing content partnerships. All they need to do now is piggyback onto other hardware and distribution services. Well, that and assemble a substantial subscriber base. Nevertheless, if I were shopping for a new TV, itâd be hard to pass up one that has the internet functionality that Google TVâs promising and OnLiveâs AAA video-game streaming.
