SONIQ, SERAPHIC partner on YouTube for smart TVs
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Michelle Clancy
| 18 January 2017

Australian smart TV manufacturer SONIQ has joined forces with SERAPHIC to launch YouTube-certified smart TVs.

SONIQ will integrate SERAPHIC’s Sraf HTML5 digital TV browser and TV+ Internet platform. The browser is said to be capable of matching the performance and memory usage requirements of YouTube TV certification. Furthermore, it enables YouTube TV application built in SONIQ smart TVs to reduce the initial launch time to 13s, two seconds quicker than YouTube TV requires. It is also attributed with improving browser-to-watch time to 2.8s, with the full animation enabled.

“Thanks to SERAPHIC, SONIQ has seen gains in Australian market ever since our cooperation on Linux-based smart TVs in early 2016,” said Simon Wu, vice president of SONIQ. “We are delighted to partner with SERAPHIC. Our customers will love the idea of holding a smart TV pre-integrated with YouTube TV application.”

Ye Wang, CEO of SERAPHIC, added: “SERAPHIC has been providing best-in-class browser solutions for a wide range of platforms for years. Besides, we work closely with leading chipset vendors, such as MStar, Broadcom, Hisilicon, etc, and make deep integration to accelerate time to market for device manufacturers.”