Google Is Developing Android Game Console
Google is developing a videogame console and
digital wrist watch powered by its Android
operating system, according to people
familiar with the matter, as the Internet
company seeks to spread the software's
domination beyond smartphones and tablets
and cement build the company 's reputation
as a hardware maker.
With the watch and game console, Google is
hoping to combat similar devices that Apple
may release in the future, according to the
people familiar with the matter.
Google is also preparing to release a second
version of a Web-connected, Android-
powered media-playing device, called Nexus
Q, that was unveiled last year but not sold to
the public, these people said.
The Internet giant hopes to design and market
the devices itself and release at least one of
them this fall, they added.
A Google spokeswoman declined to comment.
The hardware plans are the latest sign of
Google's determination to build on the
success of Android, the software it launched
in 2008 that powered 75% of all smartphones
and 56.5% of tablets shipped globally in the
first quarter, according to the research firm
IDC.
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