Google TV gets Google Play — Movies, TV Shows and Music gets release date of ‘next few weeks’

 



If you’re using Google TV, this should brighten up your day. Google finally updated Google TV to enable users to purchase movies, TV shows, and music from the Google Play Store.

Movies, Music and TV shows are finally coming to Google TV via Google Play. This means that you can buy or rent content directly through Google Play on your TV, while any existing purchases you’ve already made through your Android phone or tablet will be automatically imported when you connect your Google account. You can also discover new content through its TV & Movies app, which reels in recommendations for shows and movies available on live TV, as well as competitors such as Netflix and Amazon.

Whether you’re using the Google TV service through set top boxes or a Google TV integrated TV set, you can find new content from the Google TV & Movies app. The app also includes a recommendation feature that will suggest shows from Google Play and even from its competitors including Amazon and Netflix.

Google has not revealed any information at this point on regional availability of this content outside the US market. The update has already started rolling out today, and should continue pushing out over the next few weeks.

$99 Google Nexus tablet to enter production in December. Jan-Feb Release Date looks probable!

ASUS might have denied rumors of a $99 Nexus tablet, but according to NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shym, the sub-$100 tablet might be in the works after all and could enter production in December, which would make a release in January or February of 2013 likely.

Of course, expecting the $99 Nexus to carry a quad-core processor might be wishful thinking, but we can at least expect it to sport a capable dual-core processor like the Snapdragon S4. But no matter what the underlying hardware might be, a price of $99 will perhaps make it the most affordable Android tablet at that price and spell more trouble for the iPad’s market share, which is already dwindling rapidly.

Then there is also the rumors of Google collaborating with Samsung to produce a 10.1? Nexus tablet with a display having a pixel density of 299ppi, which if true could mean that Google is targeting every segment of the tablet market that exists, which can only be good for us consumers.

Stay tuned for more info on this. Either ASUS is telling the truth and there is no $99 Nexus tablet, or Google has chosen another manufacturer to do the job. Either way, we should know hear more in the coming weeks. Come on Google, let it all be true!