Google is developing an "aggressively priced" set top box that will compete directly with the Apple TV. The device will run on Android, of course, stream video content from YouTube, Hulu and Netflix and play video games. According to a new report from The Information, that appears to confirm earlier whispers from the Wall Street Journal, the product was actually demoed, albeit in secret, at the 2013 CES back in January and other core features include Google Hangouts integration for multimedia communication, essentially turning a TV set into a video conferencing system. The box won't be able to stream live TV but, if the unnamed Google employees quoted in the article are correct, it will have an integrated video camera and a motion sensor.



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