High cost Panasonic TV decided not to use Android

April 1 News, according to foreign media reports, Panasonic senior vice president of Consumer electronics Robert Perry (Robert Perry) said Panasonic decided not to use the TV's Internet features Google's Android operating system, because the cost is too high. Panasonic is using Android in consumer electronics to negotiate with Google to provide Internet functionality in consumer electronics.　　Although Android itself is free, Mr Perry says, "Android makes the cost of televisions too high" by requiring the use of Intel chips from Google's chip partners. This year, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony and other manufacturers competing for home entertainment products to add Internet capabilities, but the companies adopt different strategies.　　Their goal is to get viewers to sit in front of the television and be able to use services like Netflix and YouTube and visit weather forecasts.　　Intel and Google spokesmen did not comment. Panasonic has developed its own web software for consumer electronics, which transmits content to users through its own servers, and does not allow users to freely access the Internet. Google TV Technology, jointly developed by Intel and Google, will enable consumers of consumer electronics to access any Web site, as PC users do.　　Sony is a member of Google TV's cooperation program, sources said. Samsung has decided not to use Android in Consumer electronics.　　Samsung announced this month that it was not interested in Google TV because it now focuses on its own TV and Blu-ray player application platform.　　Panasonic is the world's fourth-largest television company after Samsung, LG and Sony, according to DisplaySearch, a market research firm. Author: Liu Yanqing