Panasonic is bringing this year are the first televisions with Firefox OS, the company announced Monday at the CES trade show. Last year he made it all known with Firefox maker Mozilla to work on televisions.
In a press release, Panasonic is Monday evening know that this spring televisions with Firefox OS is released. It comes to the so-called Life+Screen Smart tvs, where the series X850, CX800, CX650 and CX600. It is not clear when the televisions exactly appear and for what price. Nor is known whether the devices will arrive in Europe.
Panasonic and Firefox maker Mozilla made exactly a year ago, well-known Firefox OS to smart tvs. Initially it was the plan to have the tvs last year, but the release of this was by unknown reason delayed.
According to Panasonic, offers Firefox OS developers more flexibility by making use of Mozilla’s WebAPI, to which programs can be written in languages such as html5 and javascript. This would be a better user experience may arise between different platforms and devices, claim Panasonic and Mozilla. Moreover, it shows the tv on-screen notifications of programs and, in the future of apps on connected devices.
In addition, it claims Panasonic Firefox OS is the right operating system for consumers. “You can upload photos, videos and other content from any smartphone, tablet, or computer with a Firefox browser or compatible programs to the Firefox OS tv. This means that consumers are not stuck to one ecosystem or brand”, the company said in the press release.
Panasonic rest the tvs in the mentioned modellenreeksen this year also out of voice control. In the CX850 series is also an assistant built-in, Voice Assistant Pro called, who with voice control which works and which do not require a remote control to use. According to Panasonic can, for example, the channel to be changed or to be searched for content.
Finally, build Panasonic in every Life+screen television, the so-called Xumo guide. That is a service that allows content from various sources can be looked up. Furthermore, the service recommendations for movies and series on the basis of the viewing habits. Users can also specific titles to search in multiple apps, or search on the basis of genre from various vod services.
