Remember last week when I said that Google was moving its habit of beta launching software, getting tons of users, killing it, then resurrecting elements as different software had now moved into the hardware realm? We’ve now reached the “kill it” stage with the Nexus Q. This doesn’t come as a huge surprise for a […]
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How to stream Hulu on a Google Nexus Q
The Nexus Q is a media streaming set-top device (sphere?) that allows Android smartphone and tablet owners to play and control music, movies and TV shows from the Google Play store and videos from YouTube on HDTVs. If that seems frustratingly limited, it is. But since the Q runs Android and is hackable, the limitations […]
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Google TV to get AirPlay-like music and video streaming functionality
Earlier this month when I reviewed the Nexus Q set-top streaming device, I kept wondering why in the world Google needed to create a new product for this function when it would be so much better to make it a feature of Google TV. The Q allows Android phone and tablet owners to stream video […]
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CyanogenMod 9 ported to the Google Nexus Q
The Google Nexus Q is a $299 media streaming device designed to let you play music and movies purchased or rented from the Google Play Store. Out of the box, it doesn’t have a user interface. Instead, Google offers an app that lets you control media playback from your Android phone or tablet. Under the […]
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Hacked Google Nexus Q gets a UI (thanks to side-loaded app launcher)
The Google Nexus Q is a $299 device for streaming media from the Google Play Store to a television. Out of the box, it doesn’t have a user interface. Instead, you plug it into your TV and then use an app on your Android phone or tablet to choose music, movies or other content you […]
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Google Nexus Q can run Android apps… kind of
Google is positioning the Nexus Q as a device that you plug into your TV to stream music, movies, and other content from the Google Play Store, YouTube, and other internet sites. But under the hood, the Nexus Q basically has the same hardware as a Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone, and it’s running Google Android […]
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Google Nexus Q: $299 home theater device for Google Play Store content
Google has introduced its first home theater device, the Nexus Q. It’s kind of Google’s answer to the Apple TV: A device that lets you stream music, movies, and other content from the Google Play Store to a TV. But it’s also much more than that… which helps explain the $299 price tag for the […]