Google TV also now moves on to the latest version Chrome, jumps onto the six-week regular Chrome update cycle
Despite being omitted from the 3-hour Google I/O keynote completely, there is some good news coming out of San Francisco for Google TV. Google already pushed out the update to their YouTube app for the platform, but also announced today is the bump up to Android 4.2.2. And, with the jump to the latest version of Android, the latest version of Google Chrome is also on board, with Google TV joining the regular six-week update cycle for Chrome.
Chrome for Google TV also gets support for hardware based content protection. Simply put, this means that developers have the ability to include premium high definition TV content within web apps for Google TV.
The good news doesn’t end there either. Alongside the software updates Google is also announcing that they have refactored Google TV so that OEM partners can update to future versions of Android in “a matter of weeks rather than months.”
The update to 4.2.2 is expected to roll out to current Google TV devices “in the coming months” with new devices expected to be seen later this year. Great news for the Google TV fans out there that Google continues to push the platform forwards.
Source: Google TV Developers