Chinese smart device giant SDMC is gearing up for Broadcast Asia, kicking off June 7, and the company touched base with Faultline this week on what to expect at the Singapore technology trade fair. Of the shiny new entertainment and networking hardware taking center stage, an eye-catching case is SDMC’s 2-in-1 device amalgamating an Android TV streaming box with a smart speaker, supporting AV1 decoding for OTT and IPTV deployments. SDMC’s 4K S905X4 Smart Speaker comes with far-field voice technology and hands-free TV control, and we initially suspected that SDMC’s hybrid smart speaker TV device is running Google TV, which brings more modern functionality over Android TV and improved integration with Google services. However, it appears this is in fact…