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Someone must have declared it Google TV Update Week without telling us: just days after a Vizio Co-Star upgrade, Sony’s NSZ-GS7 Internet Player is getting its own tune-up. The Sony update parallels its Vizio counterpart in focusing mostly on the features from the fall 2012 Google TV revamp, including PrimeTime and the updated YouTube app. Viewers pining for Amazon VOD access can also grab its app through Google Play. Sony mostly claims an edge over Vizio through its support for the equally new voice search feature: owners just have to chat with Sony’s remote to get things done, instead of leaning on phone or tablet control. However GS7 owners plan to steer their TVs, they’ll just need to check for a software update in the days ahead to rejuvenate their set-top boxes.

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While there has been a lot of speculation recently about which platforms the OnLive Google TV app will support for gameplay, the company is confirming support for / collaboration with Marvell’s 1500 HD SoC Google highlighted for its v2 hardware. While no specific devices are mentioned, there’s a Marvell brain in the Sony Google TV box we recently reviewed and the upcoming Vizio Co-Star, so unless a manufacturer blocks it, we’d expect to be able to install it and get playing — Gaikai purchases notwithstanding. Not mentioned in the press release (after the break) is LG’s custom CPU for its Google TVs, but since we’ve already got video evidence of it running there, we’re simply left waiting for the app to launch for the full console gaming experience sans-console.

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Sony has just announced the realization of a dream, so to speak, which is to bring Google TV to the masses, packaging it in a piece of hardware that will definitely stop you in your tracks when you take a closer look at it. Basically, this is Google TV presented in the form of the Sony NSZ-GS7, which was first introduced in Las Vegas at CES 2012 earlier this January, but we are pleased to know that Sony’s team has finally made it possible for the common man to place a pre-order for this device from June 25th onwards – that would be today. It will hit retailers around in the US when July 22nd rolls around the calendar, citing a $199 price point.

Phil Molyneux, president and chief operating officer of Sony Electronics, said, “Expanding the reach and interoperability of the powerful Android platform with Sony’s smartphones, tablets and renowned Audio & Video products, we are proud to continue our relationship with Google through the introduction of the new Google TV set-top-box. Entertainment content is available through so many channels and sites, and Google TV helps consumers easily find what they want to watch, listen to or play using familiar search engine technology, enhancing the viewer experience. TV will never be the same.”

The Sony NSZ-GS7 Internet Player will not be Sony’s only new announcement, as the Japanese company has also their latest Internet Blu-ray Disc player in tow with Google TV, calling it the NSZ-GP9 if model numbers are your cup of tea. It will hit retailers’ store shelves in time for the holiday season, citing a $299 price point to boot. The Sony NSZ-GP9 player is said to boast of Sony’s proven Blu-ray Disc technology, where it will also work in tandem with the robust Google TV platform.

So what kind of clout will the Sony NSZ-GS7 Internet Player with Google TV carry when it is introduced? For one, Sony will bear the hallmark of being the first manufacturer to launch Google TV products outside of the US, kicking off with the UK in July, with Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Brazil, and Mexico to follow afterwards. As for the Sony NSZ-GP9 Blu-ray Disc player with Google TV, it will of course arrive Stateside first, followed by Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Netherlands.

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[ Sony announces NSZ-GS7 Internet Player with Google TV copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]