We all know that 2013 was the very successful year for Google as it introduced many new products, gained huge profit and increasing stock market price. But 2014 has been arrived, so what Google is going to provide in 2014?
On the web, there are lots of professionals and experts, who are predicting different things for what to expect from Google in the year 2014. Let’s have a look on some different predictions and see what people are expecting from Google in this New Year. Well, remember that these are only predictions that are predicted by some experts and professionals:
Nexus TV:
As per the Tech news publication “The Information”, Google will disclose a Nexus TV in 2014. This information has been quoted by a nameless Google employee and it also comes to know that the TV might be running on Android. News are also coming that the all new Nexus TV will stream video content from Netflix, YouTube, Hulu and more and allow playing videos games. However, it will not support with live broadcast like the Xbox One’s media functionality, but it is expected that it will be "aggressively priced".
Google’s Andy Rubin reportedly gave private shows of the prototype at CES 2013, showing off its Android OS and Hangouts functionality as core features. However, the box had a video camera and motion sensor and rumoured to launch at Google I/O in 2013, but Google decided to show the Chromecast instead.
Android TV:
According to Gigaom report in October, Google will soon finish using the Google TV label and looking all the new devices to be rebranded as Android TV. Google TV manufacturers like Sony and LG have stopped using Google TV branding since mid-2013 and it hinting that the announcement may be coming soon.
Still, there is no official announcement from Google as the company has struggled getting the Google TV platform off the ground, but it may come in 2014. Moving to Android TV may allow manufacturers to add custom software on the top on Android-based TV software. Mainly, there are two logical places to declare Android TV: CES 2014 in January or Google I/O in May.
For making Google TV announcement at the tradeshow in Las Vegas, Google is very notorious, so we can also see Android TV there. It may be a great sign of an Android TV announcement for later in year, if Google TV is not discussed during the show.
Chromebook:
During 2013, The Chromebook saw its first high-end model with Google Pixel, but 2014 will be a year of diming for the budget crowd. Remember that Chrome OS is built for lightweight machines and it enables manufacturers to keep down the price and still bring enough processing power for users to get work done.
Asus, a Taiwanese multinational computer hardware and electronics company, has already confirmed that it will get in on the Chromebook market. Many experts are thinking that Samsung, Asus, Acer, HP and LG will continue targeting schools and customers to provide them budgeted products. To gain maximum market share, The Chromebook platform is struggling hard.
As per the IDC numbers, the Chromebook market sat at 1% of all shipped PCs and tablets in Q3 2013. With approximately 652000 Chromebooks shipped, Samsung led the way and some other vendors shown small volume.
Chromecast:
We all know that Chromecast was released in the year 2013, but the year of it to shine is 2014. During this New Year, the low-cost media streaming dongle will be launched internationally rather than lightly in the US and UK. The vice-president of Google’s product Mario Queiroz told Gigaom “We are going to be launching in a number of international markets." He added that people would be “pleasantly surprised” by the scope of this international expansion.”
Moreover, the Chromecast team will be opening up its SDK to make hundreds of applications that will be compatible with Chromecast. This thing started in the year 2013 with the Netflix application that allow users push content from their mobile phone to TV at the press of a button. However, Google is also going to partnering with consumer electronics companies in order to bring cast functionality to other devices in 2014.
Next-generation Google Glass:
Google Glass has been obtainable for members of the "Explorer" program, but now Google is planning to expand its wearables program in the New Year with a Glass product that mainly aim at the masses and comes at reasonable price between $200-$600.
Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt said "Well, the developers are beginning now. It would be fair to say that there will be thousands of these in use by developers over the next months and based on their feedback we'll make some product changes and it's probably a year-ish away."
Google is giving many new changes to Google Glass, comprising the declaration of instruction lenses, an earbud accessory, a second version of Google Glass with small changes that Explorers can get for free and several software enhancements.
So, above mentioned are some of the major predictions by experts and professional for what to expect from Google in this New Year. To know what Google has planned for 2014, we all need to wait for the events.
