Google launches smart TV service

Search giant Google has launched a TV service that unites live television with the web.

The "smart TV" service allows people to search both live channels as well as content from websites such as YouTube.
Special TV sets - or TVs connected to a Google box - will also allow people to access the web and download applications.
The first TV sets will be produced by Sony and should be available in the Autumn.
"Video should be consumed on the biggest, brightest, best screen in your house - the television," said Rishi Chandra of the firm. "That's not the PC, or mobile."
Google showed off the service at a launch event in San Francisco that was plagued by technical glitches.
The television sets will also rely on an Intel microprocessor and have control systems built by Logitech. Users can also control the TVs through mobile phones running Google's Android operating system.
The sets and boxes will also use the Android software as well as the firm' Chrome web browser. No details were given on pricing.

Source BBC