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Review Of The Logitech Revue - Duration: 7:23. Google TV Upgrade and Startup - Android 3.1 Honeycomb Update for Logitech Revue - ShoreViews Video - Duration: 3:31. John Blossom 3,789 views. 2010 December 15 – Google announces the first Google TV update. LG televisions with Google TV begin to receive the Android 4.2.2 update. Android 3.2 update for Revue I hadn. I'm posting this reply on my Logitech Revue running 3.2 having received the firmware update automagically at around 4.30 this morning. Google TV gets updated to Android 4.2.2, swifter updates promised for the future.
NOTE: This application requires Logitech Revue with Google TV (original or updated version), a wireless network, and a smartphone or tablet running Android version 2.x or version 4.x.
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Some would have you believe the web is dead, we don't necessarily agree, but we can see how they got that idea. There seems to be a shift occurring that deemphasizes the consumption of internet-based media through PCs and web browsers, and places internet-powered apps and streamlined hardware at the forefront. The most recent example of this concept is Google TV, a new software platform that combines traditional cable and satellite television and internet-based media, services, and apps. While still in its infancy, Google TV will manifest itself on a variety of devices, including televisions, Blu-ray players, and set-top boxes, beginning with the world's first Google TV-enabled device, the Logitech Revue.
In essence, the Revue is a streamlined computer for your home theater. It combines many of the essential functions of your PC, but presents them in a way that is intuitive, easy to access, and displayable on your TV or projector. At its core, the Google TV platform is intended to be a quick and efficient way to find your favorite movies or television shows, regardless of whether it is online or broadcast, but as we learned at a hands-on event this week, some of its most alluring capabilities have nothing to do with TV shows or movies, including video conferencing, social networking, web browsing, and more.
But before we get too far ahead of ourselves, let's discuss the Revue's core function, which is aggregating broadcast and internet-based media. It connects with your cable or satellite receiver and gathers information about its make, model, and the service you subscribe to, which allows it to download programming information and integrate it into its various systems. The foremost example of how the Revue uses this information is one consolidated programming search – if you're looking for your favorite movie or television show, simply type the title and it will pull up an array of upcoming broadcasts and available web streams. However, you can still use your traditional cable or satellite guide, but you won't have to switch controllers to do it.
The Revue comes with what could readily be described as a full-on PC keyboard that has been scaled down and features a bunch of extra buttons. The keyboard is completely wireless, and uses 2.4 GHz technology to communicate with the Revue. If you've used one of Logitech's wireless keyboards before, the Revue's keyboard controller should feel familiar. Logitech seems to have struck a nice balance of compact design and practicality; it gives you plenty of typing real estate, but can be used comfortably without a flat surface to rest it upon. Similarly, it has a nice weight to it that gives a sense of durability, but not to the point where it gets straining to hold. It features a d-pad for basic menu selection, as well as a trackpad for mouse navigation. While we've seen compact trackpads used like this before, the keyboard controller's was surprisingly responsive.
If you prefer something a bit more compact, Logitech will be offering a Mini Controller alongside the included Mini Controller, which sports a smartphone-like QWERTY keypad, media controls, and an integrated touchpad that allows users to achieve the same mouse functions as the keyboard. Of course, the Mini Controller will cost consumers extra, and from our limited experience thus far, we aren't sure it's worth it.Still, the coolest control method we were shown was the Harmony iPhone and Android app, which allows users to control the Revue, including volume adjustment and playback. While we've seen similar functionality on the Apple TV and other devices, we were blown away by one particular capability of the Harmony app: YouTube sharing. If you leave the Harmony app on your iPhone or Android phone entirely and browse videos on your phone's YouTube app, you can immediately pull it up on your Google TV, simply by selecting it from the list of 'Share' options. The most impressive part: if you select to share a video and your entire entertainment center is off, it will send a command to the Revue to power on all of your components and tune to the correct audio or video input.
But that's only the tip of the iceberg, we were also thoroughly impressed by the alternate functions of the Revue we mentioned above, namely video chat, web browsing, and social networking. We were shown live HD web conferencing in action, which when displayed on a 40'+ display, looked amazing. Logitech has produced a specialized camera, the Logitech TV Cam, which features two directional microphones and a wide-angle lens that can capture 720p video. The video captured was surprisingly high-fidelity, and the incoming feed of what was supposedly from a standard Logitech PC webcam, was extremely smooth. During our video conference, we were able to pull up a picture-in-picture window that allows you to watch TV simultaneously. This feature would be great for watching TV or a movie with friends across the globe, but as of right now the feature only supports TV windows in a small secondary window, while the incoming video conference feed takes up full screen.
The Revue will only comes with one video conferencing client at launch, Logitech's Vid service, but when the Android marketplace is added to Google TV next year, there is nothing to stop developers from updating services like Skype to integrate support for the Revue.
We were also shown a handful of other apps, such as Twitter, which featured a sleek, clean interface with large, clean lettering for easy couch-bound reading. Similarly, we were shown websites that have been custom tailored for Google TV viewing, much like sites that have been specialized for iPad viewing. A number of sites are already working with Google for Google TV support, and unsurprisingly, The New York Times was among the first.
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We were also shown apps like Pandora, which was, again, a very clean, easy to use interface. Music search was simple, playback controls and album art were displayed prominently, but we were most interested to hear that it will support background audio, which allows you navigate away from the app, whether it be to browse the web or read Twitter, and still listen to streaming music from Pandora.Our experience with the Logitech Revue with Google TV gave us the sense that the potential of the platform far exceeds simply aggregating TV and web media, and as the software evolves, so will its utility. We're excited to see more of the Revue, and to see how Google TV evolves.
Stay tuned for more coverage and our full review of the Logitech Revue.