Google TV to take on Apple TV with upcoming fitness and smart home features
(Android Central)

A Google executive teases future capabilities coming to Google TV. What you need to know A Google executive discussed the company`s plans for Google TV in the future. Google intends to integrate smart home, fitness, and video conferencing features into the interface. There`s no fixed timeline yet, but these capabilities could arrive sometime this year. Google TV may soon be able to do more than just play movies and TV shows. Rob Caruso, Google TV`s director of product management, has recently revealed what`s next for the smart TV interface. In an interview with Protocol, Caruso said that Google wants to improve smart home controls on Google TV, citing as an example the recent updates that made it possible to access smart home controls via the power menu on the best Android phones. Another `big area of exploration` is fitness capabilities. Caruso teased the possible integration of Google`s services and devices such as Google Fit and Fitbit as well as third-party systems into th...