Google testing unknown 'entertainment device' in employees' homes

A new Google-made "entertainment device" that can connect to home electronics via Wi-Fi is now being tested in employees' homes. An FCC filing from December shows that the company requested permission to test about 250 of the experimental units in four cities from mid-January to July of this year. Users will apparently "connect their device to home Wi-Fi networks and use Bluetooth to connect to other home electronics equipment."
We can't be sure what the filing refers to, but it sounds very similar to Android@Home, which would connect home appliances like lights or washing machines to smartphone applications. Android@Home was announced last year, but we haven't heard much about the service l... »read more

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