Now, Google is showing all the signs of planning to be in the hardware and consumer-electronics business for the long haul. Last month, it agreed to spend over $1 billion to acquire some 2000 HTC ...

For Queiroz, Google really started to take hardware seriously in 2013 when it launched the Chromecast video streaming stick, bringing smart features to TVs with a HDMI port.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — One of the more puzzling questions after the recent Google hardware event was an obvious one. Why would anyone bother spending $1,000 or more for a Chromebook?

Just because Google thinks hardware is the new black doesn't mean it can wear it well. The great Google hardware experiment is a work in progress.

The deal cost Google $12.5 billion, which makes it still, by far, the biggest Google hardware acquisition ever. Google’s intent with the purchase was multi-faceted.

It will be overseen by Google hardware boss Rick Osterloh. Nest has been a separate company under the Alphabet umbrella since 2015, considered an "Other Bet" by the company.

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Google's zany hardware projects may not be zany in year. John Shinal, Special for USA TODAY. Developers will gather this week in San Francisco for Google%27s I/O conference; ...

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Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google has been taking hardware much more seriously over the past two years, starting with its.