You could be forgiven if you had already forgotten about Android TV, but Google’s one-year-old Android-based successor to its ill-fated Google TV project is still around and kicking. Today, Google announced a number of new hardware partners for Android TV, as well as a number of new partners who plan to build Chromecast Audio, it’s recently launched audio version of Chromecast, directly into their speakers.
Soon, you will find Android TV on screens from brands like Arcelik, Vestel, RCA, Hisense, TCL and Bang & Olufsen. Google is also working with Indonesian cable and broadband provider Linknet to offer an Android TV-based set-top box. Previously, the only Android TV sets were available from Sony, Sharp and Philips.
As for Chromecast Audio, Sony and LG were the first to embrace the technology. Now B&O Play, Harman Kardon, Onkyo, Philips, Pioneer, and Raumfeld are joining the party as well. In addition, Frontier Silicon and StreamUnlimited will offer Chromecast-enabled software and hardware that will allow others to quickly build the technology into their products.
Those new speakers will also soon get support for Chromecast Audio’s muti-room sync. If you have multiple speakers that have been hooked up to Chromecast Audio (or have it built-in), you can group them together with this feature and then stream the same song to all of them with a single click.
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