Google will launch Android 3.1 for the Google TV later this year, bringing the same operating system to the set-top box and tablet computers. The Android Market will also be available for Google TV, and the idea is that any app in the Android Market for Android 3.1 Honeycomb tablets will be able to run on Google TV… eventually.

For now Google is stressing that developers will want to make sure their apps are designed to work in landscape orientation and work with devices that don’t have touchscreen displays. At launch apps won’t show up in the Android Market for Google TV if they require a camera, microphone, or tablet sensors. Apps written with the NDK also won’t work, and neither will apps that rely on telephony.

The Google TV homescreen has also been tweaked to look more like the mobile version of Android, complete with home screen widgets.

Google will be adding a Google TV view to the Android 3.1 emulator in the software development kit soon, so developers can see how their apps will look on a TV.

Google also announced that the source code for its Google TV remote control app for Android phones and tablets is now available.

 

Support Liliputing

Liliputing's primary sources of revenue are advertising and affiliate links (if you click the "Shop" button at the top of the page and buy something on Amazon, for example, we'll get a small commission).

But there are several ways you can support the site directly even if you're using an ad blocker* and hate online shopping.

Contribute to our Patreon campaign

or...

Contribute via PayPal

* If you are using an ad blocker like uBlock Origin and seeing a pop-up message at the bottom of the screen, we have a guide that may help you disable it.

One reply on “Google shows off Android 3.1 Honeycomb on Google TV”