Get ready for the Google phone? According to a new report, Google may be working on its own high-end smartphone and looking to compete head-to-head with Apple’s iPhone.
“Now, wait a minute,” you may be saying. Google already has its own smartphones – the Nexus line of devices.
Those phones are made in partnership with companies such as Huawei, LG and HTC. The Nexus programme isn’t going away. But the report seems to indicate that Google is looking to control more on its own. What’s not clear is whether that could be a part of the Nexus programme or not.
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It may seem a little strange for Google to be refocusing on smartphone manufacturing now, when the growth of smartphone sales is slowing – in some cases to a halt. Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
But making a smartphone would make sense given Google’s recent behaviour, in two notable ways.
One, the company recently hired a new head of Google hardware, Rick Osterloh, signalling that it’s looking to beef up its product lines.
In addition to its Chromebooks, it’s also announced a new foray into the smart home with the smart speaker known as the Google Home. And as the smartphone is the heart, or more accurately the remote, of the future connected home, it may make some sense for Google to want to control its chips and hardware.
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