Google's Nexus Q Successor Hits the FCC 56
With the kind of cagey phrasing found in many such electronics approval applications, Google describes a device that some are taking to be the successor to its discontinued Nexus Q thus: "The device functions as a media player."
From the article: "Some of the specs of the device includes a 2.4GHz WiFi b/g/n connectivity. The FCC report does not contain test photos so we do not know what the device looks like. It is likely that the H840 will support Google Play Music All Access and will have similar functionality as a Sonos media player that can be connected to external speakers."
Re:Discontinued? (Score:4, Interesting)
Roku boxes and Apple TVs can already do this AND offer access to external services like Netflix and Hulu - for under a hundred bucks. Heck, my LG television has a Plex client built in - no extra box is even needed to get at my own stuff.
So I'm not sure why most people would be interested in a box that only handles local content - but maybe you mean "local" differently than I'm interpreting it.
"Google Play Music All Access" (Score:4, Interesting)
Wonder how long "Google Play Music All Access" will last? Compared to PlaysForSure [wikipedia.org] (Microsoft), Zune Music Pass [wikipedia.org] (Microsoft), and WalMart Music Download Service. [walmart.com] Just having a big company behind it is no guarantee of success. Google has never had a successful consumer product that people had to pay for.
List of discontinued Google products. [wikipedia.org]