Google's 9 Little-Known Hardware Products


#5 Google Nexus Q

At Google I/O 2012, the search giant launched its first media streaming device ‘Nexus Q’. However soon after its launch it was discontinued by Google.

The device was to compete with Apple TV and it could be connected to an HDTV or home stereo system to play digital audio and video content from Google Play or YouTube. The device ran on custom version of Google's Android operating system, based on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and it could be controlled by Smartphones and tablets running the Android operating system. However soon after its launch it was discontinued by Google.

#4 Google Chromebook Pixel

Google released generations of Chromebook line of laptops that run on its home-brewed Chrome OS since 2011. The Chromebook Pixel is a high end laptop of Google's Chromebook family.

People, including the creator of Linux operating system, Linus Torvalds fell in love with machine’s touch-screen that had 2560 x 1700 resolutions with a 239 pixels per inch display, which is better than Apple MacBookPro’s Retina display and for any reason it is highest pixel density of any laptop.

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