Google announced a home entertainment device called Nexus Q. It sends content from your personal collection or YouTube to your existing TV and speaker systems. You control it through a separate Android phone or tablet.
The Nexus Q, which Google is calling the world's first "social streaming device," will available in July in the U.S. initially and sell for *299. It features Wi-Fi connectivity, Ethernet port, NFC, Bluetooth and Micro-USB port.
Google made the announcements during a keynote to open its annual conference in San Francisco for computer programmers, where it also announced a *199 tablet called Nexus 7 and showcased the next version of Android, v4.1, called Jelly Bean.