Technology has changed the entire concept of televisions and mobile phones. Today, TVs have become Smart TVs, and mobile phones have become smartphones. Different brands in the market manufacture smart TVs and smartphones. You often get confused because of the varied features of the latest TVs and phones.
Let us have a look at the latest technologies and innovations in televisions and mobile phones that have made them smart devices.
Latest technologies in Smart TVs in India
The latest innovations in the sphere of TV technology have made TVs a convergence of computers, television sets, and set-top boxes. Lloyd LED TV, Sony LED TV and LG TV are amongst the smart TVs enabled with the latest technologies.
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Android operating system
Smart TVs use the Android operating system designed by Google for digital media players. Android is an operating system for apps, games, music and TV shows on your television set. Many leading TV manufacturers in India like Lloyd, LG and Sony are using Android as the software system in their TVs.
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence-powered TVs are making their way in the Indian market. Television brands are using artificial intelligence in a variety of ways ranging from facial recognition to digital assistants to image-quality enhancements and many more. You can go for an LG TV enabled with its custom AI platform, ThinQ.
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Dolby Digital Audio
Dolby Digital Audio is a digital coding technique that lessens superfluous data to produce high-quality sound. It compresses the size of multichannel audio files devoid of upsetting the sound quality.
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4K technology
Resolution is one of the most important criteria in television as it is more about the visual experience. High resolution improves the clarity of the picture on the screen. It helps in providing more lusters into the pictures by putting competent LED lights behind the IPS panel. As far as resolution is being concerned, TVs have moved from HD to 4K.
- Apps store
Apps on smart TVs either are pre-installed or are accessible to download from an app store. Most smart TVs offer music and video streaming on services like Netflix and Amazon Video.
- HDR or High Dynamic Range
HDR is a TV technology that provides a higher level of contrast between light and dark images on the screen to create a more realistic image. This technology is available on all smart TVs like Sony LED TV, Lloyd LED TV and others.
Latest technologies in Smartphones in India
A smartphone has features like an android operating system, web browsing and the ability to run software applications. But today’s smartphones are much more than this. Read on to know some of the latest technologies that have taken smartphones to another higher level.
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Artificial intelligence voice assistants
Smartphone brands are making use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in smartphones in the form of voice recognition and AI voice assistants. You can use virtual personal assistants like Alexa and Siri, to make interactions with your smartphones. Virtual digital assistants save the time of typing and searching a question.
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Augmented reality
Augmented reality is an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects of the real world are being enhanced by computer-generated perceptual information. Ubiquitous smartphones and tablets are the perfect hardware platform to sustain augmented reality. They offer the necessary components for augmented reality operations such as cameras, connectivity, and app installations.
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Virtual reality
In virtual reality, the user’s perception of reality is completely based on virtual information. Most Android and iOS phones support VR. People use it for spending time on social media, playing games, reading emails and many more.
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4G technology
4G is the fourth generation of broadband cellular network technology after 3G. It provides multimedia applications and services to the users with a high data rate, high security and premium quality of service. 4G technology has improved upload/download speeds, reduced latency and improved clarity in voice calls. This technology is IP based, which means that it uses internet protocols even for voice data.
These are some of the latest technologies in smart TVs and smartphones. Now that you know about them, you can look for these features before buying a smartphone or a smart TV for yourself.