Andy Kleinman interview — How Wonder is building a hybrid TV-mobile gaming platform

Andy Kleinman is finally talking about what his startup Wonder is doing. The Los Angeles company is taking on a number of players in the game industry — including the Nintendo Switch and Android smartphones like the Razer Phone 2 — with a hybrid gaming system that unites all of the ways that we play.

The WonderOS software powers an Android-based platform that combines mobile and TV-based console gameplay in the same device. That sounds like a Switch but with some very different features. And Kleinman hopes to license the WonderOS to a variety of companies that can use them to make various hardware devices. Kleinman said the company’s own hardware is not likely to ship. Rather, it is a proof point that shows potential partners how it can be done.