Google’s playing CES 2012 pretty low-key, even as Google TV products from major manufacturers like href=”http://www.sony.com/” rel=”homepage” target=”_blank” title=”Sony”>Sony, href=”http://www.vizio.com/” rel=”homepage” target=”_blank” title=”Vizio”>Vizio, href=”http://www.lg.com/” rel=”homepage” target=”_blank” title=”LG Corp.”>LG, and href=”http://www.samsung.com/” rel=”homepage” target=”_blank” title=”Samsung Group”>Samsung have become one of the major stories of the show. We caught up with Google TV product manager Rishi Chandra to talk about what’s going on with the platform, how Google’s going to succeed this time around, and what he thinks of other href=”http://code.google.com/android/” rel=”homepage” target=”_blank” title=”Android”>Android-based TVs like the Lenovo K91. Oh, and buddy boxes — that’s a thing now.