28-06-2013 00:43
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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Además de la consola, también están desarrollando un reloj. Esperan combatir artilugios similares a los que Apple pueda lanzar un un futuro.
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.
online.wsj.com
Además de la consola, también están desarrollando un reloj. Esperan combatir artilugios similares a los que Apple pueda lanzar un un futuro.