According to the chairman of Google is going to the ‘majority’ of tvs in the summer of 2012 in the shops are Google TV. The prediction is in stark contrast to the situation around the Google tv platform at this time.
Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, did his verdict on the French Le Web conference. How Google ensures that the majority of the tvs will Google TV embedded and whether there are new contracts with manufacturers, he was not known.
Currently only have Logitech and Sony products with the platform is released, and Logitech called the cooperation with Google in this area is a ‘big mistake’. Also, there seemed to be initially little interest from other manufacturers to include Google TV, although according to reports, LG and Samsung to support work.
Schmidt thinks that Google TV will be just as successful as Android, where the tv platform is based on. He called the open nature of the mobile operating system as the biggest advantage and said to expect Android iOS surpass in number and quality of apps.