Philips has recently announced that Android will be an integral part of some its latest TVs.
As bandwidth increases and internet connectivity for devices like TVs becomes easier and cheaper for manufacturers to include, it looks like developers should be ensuring that their apps work on big screens too. App user interface design should allow for interaction by means of remote control and not just touch screen.
We are seeing ever cheaper tablets on the market but with rapid progression in technologies like 4k it seems like there will always be an appetite for viewing on big screens. As speeds increase, the internet, perhaps partnered with Android based apps, looks like an ideal medium for delivery, providing possibilities of widescreen 4k or higher sports feeds, where the resolution allows viewers to watch the desired section of the action in detail just by moving the joystick on their remote control. It seems probable that increasing competition and technological advances will mean that mobile internet will go the way that broadband did – towards an unlimited bandwidth fixed monthly cost model.
So the current concerns amongst consumers about mobile data costs along with sluggish bandwidth that may currently prevent them from watching internet tv, would be removed. This seems to be likely to fuel the appetite for content and ultimately apps in this area.
The CEO of Netflix has recently stated that he thinks internet tv will replace linear TV. And it seems that the content delivery methods we are so accustomed to of satelite, cable and terrestrial could soon look quite limited.