Taipei Times
Date: Mar 07, 2018
By: Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
Kbro Co (凱擘), the nation’s biggest cable television system operator, yesterday said it is considering offering voice control services on Android-based set-top boxes later this year, its latest effort to build a stronger foothold in the Internet of Things (IoT) market.
Kbro is aiming to be one of the early adopters of Android-powered set-top boxes that deliver voice control services as cable TV system operators try to squeeze more profits from their existing broadband networks.
“We hope it [the Android-based set-top box] might be available some time in the second half of this year,” Kbro chief technology officer Alex Hsieh (謝明益) told reporters yesterday.
“As voice control technology becomes more mature, it is time for us to embrace the IoT era,” he added. [FULL STORY]