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Google's new Nexus 7 and Chromecast event in under five minutes

2013-07-24
the combination of smartphones tablets laptops televisions it's a multi-screen world for our users our goal is to deliver an experience that is seamless consistent and beautiful across all these screens we're announcing the new Nexus 7 and here it is it's almost 2 millimeters thinner than the original Nexus 7 we kept the same display size but reduced the side bezels by almost 3 millimeters on each sides we're going from 1280 by 800 in the original Nexus 7 to true 1080p HD 1920 x 1200 pixels in the new model that makes the Nexus 7 the world's highest resolution 7-inch tablet we've added dual stereo speakers 1.2 mega pixels for video calling in hangouts and we've also added a 5 megapixel rear camera for photos and 1080p video it packs the CPU that's eighty percent faster and a GPU that delivers four times the graphics frame rate we've also doubled the system memory to two gigabytes and we're shipping a 4G LTE version of the new Nexus 7 it's unlocked and in the u.s. you'll be able to get LTE data from AT&T t mobile or verizon all from the same device the new Nexus 7 is the first device shipping with Android 4.3 which is the newest version of jelly beans that we're announcing today in Android 4.3 or adding support for Bluetooth smart technology which is also known as Bluetooth Low Energy we're upgrading our OpenGL support to opengl es 3.0 and we'll also pushing an update starting today to the original nexus 7 the nexus for the nexus 10 and Galaxy Nexus the new Nexus 7 will be avail available in three different models the 16 gigabytes Wi-Fi model 32 gigabyte Wi-Fi and a 32 gigabyte 4G LTE model July thirtieth on Google Play you'll be able to buy the Wi-Fi models online and in stores for all of the mall all of these retailers in the US it is really really difficult to get your online videos onto your television introducing chromecast the easiest way to bring your favorite online entertainment to your TV it's running a simplified version of Chrome OS plug it into any hdmi input on your TV power through USB connect to your home Wi-Fi and you're ready to kick back and watch you simply press the cast button to play a video on your TV chromecast receives the command from the YouTube app pull the video you requested directly from the cloud and plays it on your TV and this time we're going to open up Netflix simply press the cast button select your device and now my wife is ready to start watching movies and TV shows from netflix right on the big screen playing in beautiful 1080p HD the support for 5.1 surround sound so what do I do how do I control the video Netflix immediately detects what's already playing on the television simply press the blue bar and now I have full control of the video from a completely different device renounce a new feature that allows you to project any chrome tab from your television to write plate to the TV you're going to see the cast button simply press it and now we're going to be projecting with on your local device directly on the television you can continue using your laptop even while you're projecting your current tab it'll work with most Windows laptops most Mac laptops and Chrome OS to the Chromebook pixel over time we expect the technology to be embedded into a range of devices from our partners youtube netflix google play movies and TV play music lots of content from the web through chrome tap rejection and still to come andorra and many more apps a chrome castle retail for thirty-five dollars you can order chromecast starting this afternoon from amazon com that's why calm and Google Play it will also be available from best buy stores across the u.s. as early as July 28 for a limited time you will also get three months free of Netflix with the purchase of a chromecast device
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