Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Android in the center when Google launches new mobile phones – Dagens Industri

When Google announces new hardware is mobile Android operating system in the spotlight. Two new handsets, two new Chromecasts products and a new tablet was unveiled at a press event in San Francisco.

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(Di Digital / San Francisco) Google is not good at selling hardware. Yet it launched two new Nexus models during a press event on Tuesday evening – Nexus 5X in collaboration with LG and Nexus 6P with Huawei.

The two phones have similar functionality, but differ in size. 5X is the smaller 5.2 inch screen and 6P the larger 5.7 inch screen. It is larger than Apple’s latest mobile iPhone 6S, that is 4.7 inch, but on each side of Apple 6S Plus and 6P is as large as the market mobile manufacturer Samsung latest Note 5 and new S6 Edge +.

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Mobile phones also get a fingerprint reader, Nexus imprint, at the back that can also be used for payment of Android Pay and Google Play Store.

Google has bet on a better and more light-sensitive camera with 12.3 megapixels, that is 0.3 more than in both the iPhone 6S, and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge +.

Nexus 6P comes with so called “USB Type-C” to the charge, a new reversible cable that charges gadgets faster.

Nexus phones will be sold in Google Play Store and on operators outside the United States. Nexus 5X start at $ 379, about SEK 3 200 for the 16GB and Nexus 6P for $ 499, about 4200 crowns. Which is significantly less expensive than iPhones 6S which costs from $ 649, about 5400 crowns.

But Google does not seem to be mainly looking to sell mobile phones, but show off the latest version of the mobile operating system Android in its pure form, which occupied most of the time on the evening’s events. Other phones with Android has been adapted by manufacturers.

Both handsets also work with Google Fi, Google’s new wifi projects that combine signals from multiple operators to get a better connection. A service that previously was available only on Google’s big phone Nexus 6.

The latest version of Android, Marshmallow, were displayed already on Google develop event I / O in June. It will be released next week, and includes updates that Doze, a battery-saving feature where the phone automatically goes into sleep mode, and better control over what data you share apps.

Marshmallow also has the “NOW on Tap “which allows users to view Google searches when the hen is in different apps.

Google also talked about his music service, Google Music, and launched a family plan for $ 14.99 (about 125 SEK) in month. But despite their own service, Google also announced a partnership with Spotify for the new version of Chromecast, which is used to stream the image from your phone to your TV.

Two new Chromecastprodukter goes on sale next week, a new version of the existing product for streaming and a new product for audio. Instead of a stand is the new Chromecast a small round device that has received an updated innehållsapp and support for photos. It is controlled by your phone, tablet or computer and moved in televisions or now also in the speakers.

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Finally, Google gave a sneak preview of the new tablet Pixel C coming for Christmas. It can be seen as a response to Microsoft Surface and Apple’s new iPad Pro, and has a keyboard, you can purchase that attaches with a magnet.

Read more: This is the news from Google I / O


Are you interested in knowing what Google has changed in Nexus- phones over previous models? VentureBeat has summarized this.

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