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Google launches OnHub smart Wi-Fi router for $199.99

Google's latest hardware project is, a bit unexpectedly perhaps, a Wi-Fi router. It's called OnHub and it's built in partnership with TP-Link. Oh, and it looks nothing like your average router.

The OnHub is an AC1900 router, boasting a total of 13 built-in antennas: 6 for the 2.4 GHz band, 6 for 5 GHz, and another one that's used for continuously monitoring your environment for wireless congestions. In conjunction with this antenna's scans, the software automatically switches wireless channels when necessary (but not when you're actively using the Internet).

Aside from the 802.11ac support, you get legacy a/b/g/n too, but this router also has Bluetooth (with Bluetooth Smart Ready), and support for Weave and 802.15.4, so it's as future-proof as possible.

Speaking of which, Google promises many firmware updates, and these will apparently download and install automatically. The OnHub doesn't have annoying blinking lights, instead featuring a dimmable four-color light ring that uses each of those colors to give you feedback.

On the hardware side, we're looking at a Qualcomm / Atheros chipset solution, with an IPQ8064 1.4 GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8MB of NOR flash, 4GB of eMMC flash, and a QCA8337 Gigabit Ethernet switch.

There's only one Ethernet port, though, unlike normal routers which come with four. The OnHub has a USB 3.0 port, an ambient light sensor (presumably for auto-dimming those LEDs), and a 3W integrated speaker. This is used for the initial setup of the router, which also requires an Android or iOS device and the Google On app installed.

Basically all the management of the router is done via this app. It lets you easily test the speed of your connection, see each connected device and which is using the most bandwidth, and even prioritize the traffic from certain devices.

The OnHub is available to order today from the Google Store as well as many other retailers. It costs $199.99 and is offered in blue and black. According to Amazon, it will be released on August 31. Google itself only says it will be shipping "in the coming weeks".

Google is now owned by a newly-created company called Alphabet, gets a new CEO

Google's co-founders have announced the creation of a new public holding company called Alphabet that will include all of Google's current products. The move is aimed at making Google's operating structure cleaner and more accountable.

"What is Alphabet? Alphabet is mostly a collection of companies. The largest of which, of course, is Google. This newer Google is a bit slimmed down, with the companies that are pretty far afield of our main Internet products contained in Alphabet instead," said CEO Larry Page in a blog post.

The new slimmer Google includes divisions such as search, ads, maps, apps, YouTube, and Android. While newer businesses such smart home division Nest, commercial fiber division - Google Fiber, investing arms Google Ventures and Google Capital, Life Sciences and Calico, X Lab, and others will be managed as separate entities under Alphabet.

Each company under Alphabet will have its own CEO. For example, former Chrome and Android head Sundar Pichai has been appointed as Google's new CEO. On the other hand, Alphabet will have Larry Page as CEO and Sergey Brin as President.

Alphabet will also replace Google as the publicly-traded entity. All shares of the latter will automatically be converted into the same number of shares of the newly-created company. "Google will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alphabet. Our two classes of shares will continue to trade on Nasdaq as GOOGL and GOOG."

Starting Q4 this year, Google financials will be provided separately from the companies under Alphabet.

Google’s Project Tango goes international, now available in Canada and South Korea

The Project Tango tablet - which was announced by Google back in February last year and went on public sale in the United States in May this year - can now also be purchased in Canada and South Korea, making them the first countries outside of the US where the device is now officially available.

And it looks like more countries will be added to the list soon - the Mountain View, California-based company has said that the tablet will also be available in Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom starting August 26.

The USP of the tablet is that it features custom hardware and software that lets it track 3D motion and capture geometry of the environment at the same time. Specs-wise, the device is powered by an NVIDIA Tegra K1 SoC, and sports a 7” 1920 x 1200 display. It comes with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of built-in memory, and packs in a 4960 mAh battery.

In terms of camera, the Project Tango features a 4 MP 2µm RGB-IR pixel rear unit, and a 1MP shooter with IR LED in the front. It offers both Wi-Fi and LTE connectivity.

Google's Project Loon to provide internet access across Sri Lanka

The island nation of Sri Lanka has entered into an agreement with Google to provide country-wide Internet access using the latter's Project Loon. This would make Sri Lanka the first country to have universal Internet access through the search giant's project, which aims to provide Internet connectivity using helium-filled balloons.

"The entire Sri Lankan island - every village from (southern) Dondra to (northern) Point Pedro - will be covered with affordable high speed Internet using Google Loon's balloon technology," said the Asian country's foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera.

The plan is to provide local service providers access to the balloons, effectively improving the quality of their service and reducing their operational costs. The service is expected to launch by March next year.