Guest blog by Ian
From the small screen to the big screen, just like that – no more squinting at your phone with the new Sony Android hub.
Thinking of buying a new smart television? Aside from stunning picture quality and a 5 year guarantee as standard, Sony’s latest easy to use and navigate smart hub features the Google Play store, offering a huge range of entertainment just like on an android smartphone or tablet. Simply sign in with your Google email account or take a few moments to create one and dive into the vast amount of content available.
The play store has thousands of movies and television programmes available to rent or purchase, and a gigantic music library to purchase singles and albums with constantly updated content and bargain offers. Once purchased these items are stored for cloud streaming and can be accessed at any time on any device you sign in to.
The biggest draw for a lot of people will be the superb play store games selection, many of which are free to play. Exactly the same as the android games people love on a handheld device whether it be racing, candy crushing, zombie smashing, puzzling or whatever your favourite may be.. it is now available through the hub on a full size television screen. Android games pads can be purchased to enhance the experience and make it more like a full games console and the sets carry enough internal memory to hold game save files.
As if this wasn’t enough, the hub features full catch up TV with BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, All 4 and 5 on Demand – as well as Netflix, Amazon Video and many other apps available.
You can also link your smartphone or tablet to YouTube to type in searches which instantly appear on the screen and even use screen mirroring to display whatever is shown on your android device direct to the television, sharing photos and videos at the touch of a button.
It really is a huge leap forward in connecting the mobile world to the comfort of the living room.
Why not pop into your local Hughes branch and take a look for yourself or surf our products online for more details.
