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Meta Platforms Dissolves Team Developing New AR and VR Operating System

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information reported that Meta has stopped working on operating systems for AR and VR, quoting three people with knowledge of the situation. It is said to have dispersed the team …

Allente Launches Next-gen Android TV Service on Satellite, IPTV and OTT Thanks to Hybrid KAON STB and 3SS UX

by Artem Alekseenko

3 Screen Solutions (3SS) and KAONMEDIA announce that Nordic pay-TV giant has launched its next-generation super-aggregated TV services for Scandinavia on an Android TV STB, supporting direct-to-home (DTH) satellite, IPTV and OTT. Powerful hybrid …

Tags:Android| IPTV| OTT Video| STBs

PPDS Launches into 2022 with Brand New Line of Hygiene Focused, Energy Efficient and Virtually Bezel-Free Voice-Controlled Philips MediaSuite TVs

by Artem Alekseenko

PPDS, the AV industry’s fastest growing provider of professional TVs, digital signage and LED display solutions, is excited to announce the latest evolution of its highly innovative and market-leading hospitality TV range, with the …

Tags:Android| LED| Philips

Smart TV Viewing Time Surges, Dongles Decline

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Protocol Entertainment reported data from Conviva that showed that we have reached a tipping point in the use of streaming dongles. Global viewing using dongles declined by 2% in the year …

Meta Platforms Halts VR and AR Operating System Project

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Although the Information reported that Meta was stopping development of a new O/S to support AR and VR, and would focus on modifying Android, but Bloomberg got a quote from Meta …

Tags:Android| Facebook/Meta| Operating Systems| The Metaverse

Links 15th December 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. We normally put these out on Tuesday and Friday, but we have already built up quite a few, …

Links Week Commencing 13th December 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. https://youtu.be/WU0gvPcc3jQ – check out this 10 minute …

Google releases Android 12 for TV with refresh rate switching, 4K user interface

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google has released Android 12 for TV to developers. Features are: Media Avoid motion judder during playback using refresh rate switching Certified API-accuracy for reporting display modes, HDR formats and surround …

Tags:Android| Operating Systems| Smart TV

Has Google Dropped the Pixel Fold?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Last week, we reported an article from 9to5Mac that suggested that Google would ship the Pixel Fold to market next year (Google could release its first foldable Pixel in 2022). However, …

Tags:Android| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Google| Market Data

Surface Duo 2 review: Getting better

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TechCrunch has had a look at the latest Microsoft Surface Duo 2 and said that it is much better than the earlier version. However it is “still far from the sort …

Tags:Android| Foldable Devices| Microsoft

Huge Google Pixel 6 leak reveals almost every detail about the new phones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Google Pixel 6 must be one of the most leaked new smartphones, ever after Carphone Warehouse in the UK inadvertently published an advert. The screen on the Pixel Pro is …

Tags:Android| Google| Smartphones

Report: 25% of global advanced STBs running on Android TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Dataxis reported the market shares of advanced set-top box middleware in the installed base. It highlighted that Android TV has dropped from 40% in 2015 to around 25% now, as RDK, …

Tags:Android| Operating Systems| Roku| STBs