According to sources Google Inc. is planning to offer LG Electronics Inc, the potential Google-branded LG TV, Korean company can build a compatible set. The Google TV software — which currently runs on a variety of set-top boxes from Logitech, Sony and others — allows regular television sets to gain access to content on the Internet. The partnership would be similar as the arrangement Google has had with Samsung Electronics Co. and HTC Corp. to create Nexus handsets for the Android operating system,” said the people, who declined to be identified because the talks aren’t public.
Google is the currently the dominant search engine, is working on building the momentum efforts in TV.There is no decision on the partnership between Google and LG has been made.Google TV software, which Google plans to launch by the end of the year. Whether or not that version is based on Android 4.0 or “Ice Cream Sandwich” is unknown.Whether or not LG would then develop an advanced version of the Google TV is not known. At CES 2012 LG announced an ultrathin, 55-inch OLED display.
