Experience Three-screen Interactivity
Tablets, laptops, and mobile phones can now be connected to your TV!
Yahoo! Connected TV’s device communication model enables new and exciting TV-viewing experiences driven by the sophisticated controls available on today’s tablets, laptops, and mobile phones. A new generation of TV Widget capabilities is now available to consumers, including gesture-based, multi-display, and multi-user features for intensive gaming, multimedia, and social applications.
This device communication platform supports two-way message-passing between Internet-enabled devices and Connected TVs running the Yahoo! Widget Engine. Keyboard, navigation, and widget-specific messages can be communicated through a new protocol over a local network.
New Capabilities
Mobile Phones as Smart Remote Controls
Use an Android phone or an iPhone as a smart remote control for a Yahoo! Connected TV, taking advantage of the phone's superior searching, sorting, navigation, and data entry controls.
Tablet Devices for Data Rich Interfaces
Use the Yahoo! Connected TV companion app on the iPad to connect with the currently playing TV program. Access a rich set of web results on the tablet which can be played on the TV with the touch of a button.
TV Displays for Shared Web Viewing
Access web videos on a tablet and send them to a big screen TV for shared viewing.
Ready to get started?
Use of all Yahoo! Widget Development Kit software and documentation is subject to the Yahoo! TV Widget Developer Terms of Use
