14 DAY TRIAL // Announced at the beginning of Octomber 2010, the Logitech Revue Google TV set-top box failed to capture the markets attention in all the time that it was available for sale, but all this could change soon as the unit is set to receive the second generation of the Google TV platform this summer.
The Google TV 2.0 software is based on the same Honeycomb 3.1 Android operating system that was designed to be used in tablets, but it features a series of modifications meant to make it better suited for larger screens.
While still in development, the platform is expected to bring an import series of new features and optimizations to its users, so this upgrade is expected by a wide series of Google TV customers.
Some of the most fortunate seem to be the owners of Logitech's Revue STB as the company has recently confirmed, to the AnandTech publication, that “is testing the new software on Revue units on their campus and working with in-house developers to prepare a suite of apps for its users.”
A firm release schedule isn't available at this time, but the software is expected to arrive late this summer. Current Revue owners will be able to upgrade the firmware free of charge.
Logitech has however declined to comment if the release of Google TV 2.0 will be accompanied by some sort of new hardware, but is hard to believe that such an upgrade in software won't see the arrival of a new set-top box unit.
Logitech's Revue retails for $249.99 and it includes both the Google TV device and a special wireless keyboard with a built-in trackpad.
The set-top box itself sports one HDMI out and HDMI in connector, a pair of USB 2.0 ports, Wi-Fi and Gigabit LAN connectivity, a pair of built-in IR blasters, and a digital S/PDIF output.