Google Nexus 6, Nexus 9 And Android Lollipop: Features And Release Date

Google Shows Off Its New Family Of Devices
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Google has unveiled its new family of smart devices on the eve of Apple's iPad announcement.

A new Google Nexus 6 smartphone is top of the list, followed by the Nexus 9 tablet and the Nexus Player media streaming.

Google also revealed final details on its next version of Android, which will be called Android 5.0 Lollipop.

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Here's what you need to know:

Nexus 6: This Motorola-made phone has a large (very large) six-inch 1440 x 2560 pixels display - and that's the biggest (ho ho) thing that marks this phone out among its competitors. It also features a large (again) 24-hours battery, a 13-megapixels rear-facing camera and a Snapdragon 805 quad-core 2.7 GHz processor. It's light on gimmicks - there's no rear-buttons, stylus or fingerprint sensor. But it looks like a great, fast, well-made, sleek smartphone. It's said to be available for pre-order late October. Needless to say it runs Android 5.0.

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Nexus 9: This is Google's iPad air. It's a nine-inch, thin and light Android tablet which comes with the same soft grip and curves you know and loved in the older Nexus 7, except it's much thinner with a smaller bezel, three colours (white, black and gold) and HTC BoomSound front-facing speakers. It has a huge 6,700 mAh battery, an 8-megapixels rear-facing camera and a 64-bit Tegra K1 processor. It will be available on 3 November from various UK outlets.

Nexus Player: this is Google's first (sorry, latest) attempt at taking control of your TV. It has the same abilities as the Chromecast but also comes with a voice controlled remote, a full console-quality gamepad (sold separately) for real gaming with Android games and runs apps of its own including Netflix and YouTube.