Google’s bringing in the new year with a new partner in the Google TV distribution. Joining Sony and Logitech as manufacturing Google TV devices, popular TV maker Vizio will have some Google TV-enabled line of TVs and Blu-Ray players. Vizio moves a lot of TVs and usually aims for a lower price point that Sony, so perhaps this will be a good thing for its marketability.
While I’m sure that this will help grow Google TV, there are still obstacles to be overcome. Google is still struggling to get the okay to stream content from a lot of networks, still being blocked by most of the major networks. But Google promises more updates coming soon, including the Android market becoming available in the near future. They will also be making the tools available to developers to start working on apps built expressly for the Google TV experience. So it seems that in spite of the bumps in the road, Google is continuing to push ahead to improve the Google TV experience, so we’ll see what lies ahead.
[via Google Blog]