Firefox OS announces it will be compatible with smart TV Panasonic as the first to join manufacturers

Panasonic has become a partner in this program and will launch a TV product based on Firefox OS this year. Tencent Science and Technology Dawn January 7 compiled early last year, Mozilla, the developer of the Firefox browser, announced that it would move into smartphones and flat-panel operating systems to launch the Firefox OS, which today has few hardware products. However, at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, Mozilla also announced that it will extend the Firefox OS system to the Intelligent television sector, of which Panasonic became the first batch of manufacturers. Firefox OS system, mainly based on HTML5 Web application technology, known to significantly reduce the cost of smart phone hardware, but today, based on the system of smart phones and tablet number is very limited, almost forgotten by enthusiasts. On CES2014, Mozilla announced that it would allow the Firefox OS system to be compatible with smart TVs that support smart TV running various web apps. Panasonic, the company that has become a partner in the program, will launch a TV product based on Firefox OS later this year. The Merwan-mereby, the vice president of Panasonic's interactive content and services, says the Firefox OS is an independent, open system that is completely standardised and not controlled by one company. Smart TV has gradually become the mainstream of consumption, but so far, most of the television sets are equipped with the manufacturer's own system and content platform, Google (Weibo) launched by the Google-tv to become a high degree of recognition of Third-party intelligent TV system and platform, but the current installation is not high base. In addition, many TV manufacturers also choose to work with some Internet companies for content platforms, such as Yahoo, Microsoft and so on. Third-party intelligent TV operating system and platform, gradually become a trend. At the electronics Show, Roku, the veteran U.S. set-top box maker, announced the launch of the smart-TV system, with China's Hisense and TCL as the first batch of support companies to launch six TVs a year. Another smart-TV operating system is a dark horse, the webOS system that has been acquired by South Korea's LG Electronics. The system, originally developed by Silicon Valley's palm company, was later acquired by HP, but HP's mobile and tablet strategy, based on the system, failed completely and was finally transferred to LG Electronics. At the show, LG will focus on webOS as the protagonist, hoping to use its mature and smooth interface to become a secret weapon in the smart TV market competition. In addition, Android has become a widely used Third-party intelligent TV operating system. However, Mozilla stressed that the development of Android is controlled by Google, and Google is always a for-profit company that serves its shareholders ' interests. A senior executive at Mozilla said Firefox OS would represent "the interests of netizens". It should be pointed out that in the mobile phone and tablet market, Firefox OS does not have the ability to compete with Android, iOS and Microsoft WP Mobile ecosystem, only a few small brand manufacturers, in Serbia, Montenegro, Hungary and other markets, launched the Firefox mobile phone. As Microsoft receivedTo buy Nokia mobile phone business, the market left "the fourth mobile ecology" space is very limited.