GOOGLE NEXUS PLAYER.GAMES AND UNS TV ON ANDROID
Today Google has announced the Nexus Player. It's the first device to run Android TV, the company's latest software platform designed to power set-top boxes, TVs, and even "microconsoles".
Google announced Android TV at Google I/O 2014, and it's built on the latest version of Google's mobile operating system, Android L. It represents the latest in a long line of Google's living room platforms, including Google TV, Nexus Q andChromecast.
The Nexus Player will be available for preorder at the Google Play Store on October 17 in the US for $99. Pricing and availability for all other countries is still up in the air, but converted that's about £60 or AU$115.
The hardware: Another puck
Its pricing and capabilities make the Nexus Player a direct competitor to other streaming boxes like the Roku 3, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV.
Externally it adopts a round shape that makes it look even more like a hockey puck than the other boxes, but keeps the similar small size -- albeit not as small as the cheaper Chromecast or Roku Streaming Stick.
Among the three actual boxes, the Nexus Player resembles the Fire TV most closely. Its remote control uses Bluetooth for communication, has a microphone that supports voice search, and there's an optional gaming controller available ($40; converts to about £25 or AU$45). It also offers better tech specs than the more established boxes, namely a 1.8GHz Quad Core processor.
Connectivity is sparse. There's no analog video or optical digital audio output, just a single HDMI port, (no HDMI cable included). There's also no option to connect an Ethernet cable if you want, the Nexus Player is strictly Wi-Fi.
Update Oct 16: Google's official page makes no mention of a USB port, butmultiple outlets are reporting the Nexus Player has a Micro USB 2.0 port. They also mention 8GB of internal storage, which seems relatively small considering the large file sizes of some current high-performance games. Perhaps that capacity can be augmented via an external USB storage device, however.
In addition to the physical remote, the box can also be controlled via a dedicated app, which will also accept voice search commands.
The apps: Sparse support for now
Judging from Google's preliminary product page, the main weakness of the Nexus Player appears to be lack of apps. The list of available apps lacks HBO Go (even more important now that it's going over-the-top), Amazon Instant, and Spotify, to name a few.
The grid of available native apps, as of October 15, is shown on Google's site:
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