Nexus Q (Google’s first media streaming box) 2012: Full Review – Part 1

Google I/O presented the world with a new media streaming box called Nexus Q. Not only does it bring forth a new design, an orb-like shape in matte black finish, but it also has an amp built into the circuit. The new device is up for grabs at $300, opening sales in mid-July.

There are a couple of new features in the new device to fall in love at the first site, however, there are more lapses and misses that make you hate once you have acquired it. There are not many reasons for masses to adopt to a hefty-priced device that lags behind the competition in providing media content and has limitations to control it.

Once you open the box, there is one crucial thing missing right off the bat. You will not find a remote control, as in the infrared-based controller to navigate through different features of the device. It’s not that Google forgot to ship the peripheral with the new Nexus Q, it simply does not have one.

But there is a good reason behind the lack of a remote control in the boxed package, a remote control is used to control a device’s features whereas, this particular device has none of its own. That is good enough reason for me to save the plastic and rubber expense on the extra.

What innovation Google has brought to the device is that it feeds on Android devices. Yes, Android smartphones and tablets control all the features on device, much are only three per se. Android devices can set up a query on Google Play Music, Google Play TV and Music, and YouTube, that it. Though Google has done a good job in expanding the variety on Google Play to media content, there is a lot left to desire when you do not see any Netflix, Hulu, HBO Go and Pandora in the options list; none of them are available on the new Nexus Q.

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Posted by Usman Khalid on Jul 4 2012. Filed under Sci-Tech. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.