Google I/O 2011: Building Android Apps for Google TV

[gunnarMyTube]

These guys look cool. Nice intro.

[RACSO213SICKSIDE]

But y only 60 hz . 120 hz would of been a great tv .. Please answer . Thank u

[ShadowriverUB]

@RACSO213SICKSIDE But HDMI does not support higher frequencies

[biggerben2010]

Honeycomb is out now. It's available for Google tv

[biggerben2010]

Honeycomb for Google tv update is coming in 2 or 3 weeks time.

[biggerben2010]

SDK for Google tv Honeycomb is out now.

[vincecreek]

Google TV is useful.

[biggerben2010]

The Google TV 2.0 (Android 3.1 Honeycomb)update will be out in late October or November and 2012 ICS update to Google tv.

[BoToGo1]

I'm pretty sure they said it'll be out by the end of summer...last day was yesterday.

[bbspeedmap]

Having access to a big screen for an app will be really useful - my eyes aren't as pin sharp as they used to be and a phone screen can be hard to read

[prodrive22b]

@realsupercopter Then the accelerometer code would be on the phone/tablet not on the google TV. They mean that the Google TV itself doesn't need an accelerometer.

[biggerben2010]

@danlarremore use the Google tv Chrome browser, fool.

[danlarremore]

I would love to see a google backed social media site available on Gtv...... what? google+? No we don't get that on Gtv either. It's on the android market? Yeah, that doesn't work for us either. I guess I can go use Facebook again. I can get that on my mobile and Gtv!!!  FAIL goog

[BoToGo1]

skip to 50:49 lol at there faces trying to understand 

[biggerben2010]

They should replace their android web browser to Chrome. On ICS.

[ShadowriverUB]

@biggerben2010 Why? Android browser is practicly got chrome core anyway

[jdrefahl]

They meant "Content Provider" as in an Android Content Provider within android SDK. Access to the Channel listings will be probably similar to how you access contact information.

[hosindishouse]

Is there any info about the Channel Listing Content Provider mentioned at 42:10?

[JohnConnor352]

What is the response to the current version of Google TV not having PDF support? Will the 3.1 release address this?

[jdrefahl]

@JohnConnor352 Probably.. If 3.1 currently supports PDF rendering without a helper app. Otherwise the flow would probably be as it is today with 2.2 when launching a PDF reader to render the file.

[biggerben2010]

@37:17 Google typed on the screen that they work on this accelermeter in the future versions of Google tv.

[biggerben2010]

@realsupercopter Yes, they said they are working on the accelerometer in the near future.

[biggerben2010]

@realsupercopter they are working on the acclerometer, they said, next year or ice cream Q4. (wrong spelling).

[realsupercopter]

@biggerben2010 Are you sure? They seem to dismiss the idea in this video.

[biggerben2010]

I love the new 3.1 ui on Google tv, it looks so fresh and new, better than the old one 2.1 ui

[OptimizationTutor]

So Bluetooth is not supported? code.google.com/tv/android/doc­s/gtv_android_features.html

[jdrefahl]

@OptimizationTutor appears so, but WIFI connected remote devices seem to be the trend now.

[OptimizationTutor]

You guys are bad to the bone. I wish I knew you personally. Google TV is going to be huge and it seems like no one is really listening.

[realsupercopter]

At 37:58 you Googlers TV guys have said: "Probably not the accelerometer"... Actually why not? What about an accelerometer inside the remote-controller (and there is already one if you use your phone/tablet as a remote-controller)? Just imagine playing a 1st person car racing game on your TV using your remote as a driving-wheel (Wiimote style) !

[jdrefahl]

@realsupercopter They are specifically referencing support for the GTV device. Accelerometer data from a game controller or something would be handled by the IO libraries.

[ShadowriverUB]

@realsupercopter yea, but that is diffrent idea of using those sensor and don't forget that Wiimote use IR sensor instead (Wiimote with IR camera see "sensor" bar on top of TV... which is not sensor btw ^^) for pointing detection:>

[masskilla469]

awesome!!!!!