Google will launch its service to bring the Web to TV screens in the United States this autumn and worldwide next year. The service, which will allow full Internet browsing via the television, would be free, and Google would work with a variety of program makers and electronics manufacturers to bring it to consumers.
Sony said last week it had agreed to have Google TV on its television sets, and Samsung has said it was looking into using the service. Schmidt also said Google would announce partnerships later this year with makers of tablet computers that would use Google's Chrome operating system, due to be launched soon, rather than its Android phone software, which has been used for mobile devices until now.
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