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by jsnell
4834 days ago
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Worthless link-bait. Is this "leak" in any way believable? Come on, the source is an "anonymous source claiming to work for Google"? No reputable publication would publish something based on that. And the specs are just totally random. (A TV tuner in a Google device? How does that make any sense? LG switching to OLEDs on phones?). |
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First: I'm not sure it's even possible to get reasonable TV reception with a handheld device, and doubly so for two separate standards (ATSC and DVB-T). Receiving a clear ATSC signal is hard enough with a reasonably sized antenna; with a tiny patch antenna in a phone, you'd have a very hard time picking up a clear signal, especially inside buildings or vehicles, which is where I'd expect a feature like this to get the most use.
Second: The terminology is wrong. The mobile / handheld variants of ATSC and DVB-T are called ATSC-M/H and DVB-H, respectively. That being said, neither of these are in widespread use, so I'm not sure it'd make sense to implement them either.
Finally: Google has not shown any interest in getting involved in OTA television. Adding support for it in their phone would, if anything, undermine some of their other ongoing efforts, like having TV shows available in Google Play, and other video content on YouTube. I've never seen any other mobile phone with this feature, and I see no reason why Google would be the first.