Philips 50PFL5V40/T3 TV uses Android4.0 operating system.
Android TV, as the name suggests, is a TV equipped with the Android operating system (android), which makes the TV intelligent and enables the TV to browse the web, watch videos and movies, chat and work games, etc., and is compatible with tablets and computers. Smartphone-like functionality. It relies on the Android system to make TVs more intelligent, and hundreds of thousands of applications, games and other content from the Android market can be installed at will.
Advantages of smart TVs using the Android operating system
First of all, the Android platform has a large number of applications. The Android system is the second largest mobile operating system in the world. As of the end of last year, the number of application software has exceeded 200,000. If a smart TV uses the Android system, it will be supported by hundreds of thousands of massive applications, although not all software may be All suitable for running on a TV, but more than enough for a TV.
Secondly, the Android operating system is a fully open platform. All software enthusiasts can write and run applications on it. Even users can become content creators. As long as they have a little software development knowledge, they can create massive application content by independently developing and sharing various program software. Consumers can install and uninstall smart TV applications independently according to their own needs.
Thirdly, if all color TV manufacturers adopt the Android operating system, it means that smart TVs will have a unified application platform, which will be more motivating for software developers and lower development costs. There is no doubt that if all smart TVs adopt the Android system and become popular, software developers around the world will regard smart TVs as an alternative to mobile phones and tablets, and develop and write countless interesting software.
Also, compared with mobile phones, the resolutions of flat-panel TVs are relatively uniform, both 1366×768 HD and 1928×1080 full HD. Even flat-panel TVs will be full HD in the future. In this way, Software developers do not need to constantly match multiple resolutions for an application. They only need to come up with better design ideas and put in practice.