**Unboxing the Google Nexus Q**

We're excited to bring you our unboxing experience with the new Google Nexus Q, a unique device that promises to revolutionize the way we interact with music and video content. Let's dive straight into our first impressions.

As soon as we opened the box, we were greeted by a sleek and futuristic design, complete with a sort of neon blue trones LED light around the middle that will change colors. The front of the device features an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, at least one variant of which. On the back, you'll find a logo embossed on top, along with some basic information about the device.

We slid off the box and were surprised to find that the Nexus Q was surprisingly heavy for its size, weighing in at 2 pounds. We're told that sizes are typically measured by length and width, but since this is a round device, we opted to report its diameter instead – a whopping 4.6 inches from side to side.

As we lifted it out of the box, we noticed some clever design elements. A sort of black embossed Nexus Q logo was on top, along with some rubber bumpers that will keep the device from rolling around on your desk. We also found some accessories included in the box, including a start-up guide, a power cord, and speaker ports for connecting to external speakers or a television.

We took a closer look at the bottom of the device, where you'll find a soft-touch rubber surface that will keep it stable when planted on a flat surface. It's clear that Google has put a lot of thought into the design and user experience of this device. As we examined it further, we noticed some interesting features like spinning wheels that allow for 360-degree rotation – although we're not sure yet what functionality they'll have.

We also took a look at the ports on the back of the Nexus Q. You'll find HDMI out, Optical out, and Wi-Fi connectivity, along with a micro USB port that's been specifically designed to encourage hacking. According to Google, this will allow the development community to create custom apps for the device.

**Technical Specifications**

So what can you expect from the technical side of things? The Nexus Q is powered by a variant of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and features a TI-4460 processor with 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. It also comes equipped with Wi-Fi connectivity, although it won't be able to stream content directly from the device itself – instead, you'll need to use an Android device or the Google Play Store to access your media.

**Accessories and Connectivity**

We were a bit surprised not to find any sort of remote control included with the Nexus Q, but we did see some interesting accessories like a Triad bookshelf speaker system that will cost $3.99. There are also speaker cables available for purchase, priced at $49.

Overall, our first impressions of the Google Nexus Q have been very positive. With its unique design and clever features, it's clear that this device is going to be a game-changer in the world of home entertainment. We can't wait to put it through its paces and share our full review with you in the near future.

**Conclusion**

We'll be continuing to use and explore the Google Nexus Q over the coming days and weeks, so be sure to check back for our full review. In the meantime, we'd love to hear from you – what do you think of the Nexus Q? Is it something that will sit next to your television or rock your speakers? Let us know in the comments below!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up everyone John rer from techno Buffalo here with an unboxing of the just announced and soon to be released Nexus Q media streamer inside of this surprisingly heavy square box is Google's way to try to get to your television this is essentially will stream content from the Google Play in the sky right to your device you can be controlled with a myriad of android devices and it's coming with a lot of hype box is square surprising for a round device with a really cool glowing LED strip around it it's got a lot of inputs let's go ahead and see if one of those inputs deserves to be plugged in to your TV or stereos let's go ahead and get started all right so here is the cube box of the round Nexus Cube I do kind of like that new logo uh it's got a picture of the device on the front with sort of a neon blue sort of trones LED light around the middle uh that will change colors nothing else really here uh on the back it tells you a little bit about the device but we're going to take a look at this thing itself so no need to read we are the internet generation after all let's go ahead and slide this off boom so this is going to cost $299 when it ships sometime in the middle of July uh it's running Android 4.0 ice cream sandwich at least a variant of Ice Cream Sandwich cut the box and let's open it up take the sticker off my cutting did not work we'll go old school style on this come here sticker which I had enough nail there we go all right so I have not seen one of these guys in person there's a sort of a black embossed Nexus Q logo on top as well and boom there it is sort of bowling balles looking let's go ahead and pull it out uh surprisingly heavy for a piece of electronics this thing actually clocks in at 2 lb and usually when we measure sizes we'll tell you length and width but since it's round we actually tell you the diameter diameter so from side to side is 4.6 in uh kind of neat uh definitely has a very solid feel to it sort of a giant magic eightball push it off to the side for just a moment see what else we're going to have in the Box uh the top of it to sort of keep it from rolling around it's got some rubber esque bumpers up there we should have some accessories in here I'm assuming lift that up and we've got a Nexus Q start guide for starting uh three ways to connect speaker ports Optical out micro HDMI power up and start the app uh which certainly have to use an Android device for safety instructions I'm assuming this is the power cord so pretty small power cord uh to be decent length let's push all that off to the side let's take a look at this guy uh pretty interesting so it does spin all the way around not sure what functionality it's going to have yet since I have not yet played with this but I will let you know uh there are LED lights all the way around though uh through that I guess almost diameter that light up and do different things uh the bottom sort of a soft touch rubber to make sure when it's planted that it stays very stable this thing is not going to roll around on your desk uh let's talk about ports we've got audio ports in case you want to connect this guy to a stereo or television of course uh but HDMI I'll probably get that done for you Optical out for sending audio out optically uh if you want to hardwire this thing go ahead and do that it load of course does have uh Wi-Fi uh it's got HDMI out that is actually of the micro variety um and can get a micro HDMI cord um Google included that with the folks that went to iio don't know if that's going to be included though in the final box then you've got a micro USB cord which Google is saying is to encourage hacking so very curious to see what the development Community is going to do with that Nexus branding uh right there as well um so this is being powered as I mentioned by A variation of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich uh it's got a tiap 4460 processor in there so it's going to be a dual core chip augmented with a gig of RAM uh it does have 16 gigs of internal storage uh Wi-Fi only uh so this doesn't stream content from your device directly to it essentially it streams from the Google Play Store uh and YouTube uh no thirdparty app support like Netflix or Pandora you need an Android device to control it obviously there isn't any sort of remote included with this um Google is going to sell a Triad bookshelf speakers for $3.99 and speaker cables for 49 bucks uh you can pre-order this guy in the Google Play Store very interesting device completely built uh engineered in the United States we wrote an article yesterday about why that may associate some of the cost premium but uh it feels very interesting it looks kind of futuristic um Sean was making a joke yesterday that Google's next going to unveil the uh Nexus pin cuz this thing looks like a bowling ball and seeing it in person uh it really does kind of look like a bowling ball uh so any guys what do you think about the Nexus Q is it going to sit next to your television is it going to rock your speakers uh we will of course use it and come back to you with a full review anything particular that you want to see the Nexus Q um be sure to let us know in the meantime I'm John ringer from TechnoBuffalo and I will see you in the next video bye-bye Iwhat's up everyone John rer from techno Buffalo here with an unboxing of the just announced and soon to be released Nexus Q media streamer inside of this surprisingly heavy square box is Google's way to try to get to your television this is essentially will stream content from the Google Play in the sky right to your device you can be controlled with a myriad of android devices and it's coming with a lot of hype box is square surprising for a round device with a really cool glowing LED strip around it it's got a lot of inputs let's go ahead and see if one of those inputs deserves to be plugged in to your TV or stereos let's go ahead and get started all right so here is the cube box of the round Nexus Cube I do kind of like that new logo uh it's got a picture of the device on the front with sort of a neon blue sort of trones LED light around the middle uh that will change colors nothing else really here uh on the back it tells you a little bit about the device but we're going to take a look at this thing itself so no need to read we are the internet generation after all let's go ahead and slide this off boom so this is going to cost $299 when it ships sometime in the middle of July uh it's running Android 4.0 ice cream sandwich at least a variant of Ice Cream Sandwich cut the box and let's open it up take the sticker off my cutting did not work we'll go old school style on this come here sticker which I had enough nail there we go all right so I have not seen one of these guys in person there's a sort of a black embossed Nexus Q logo on top as well and boom there it is sort of bowling balles looking let's go ahead and pull it out uh surprisingly heavy for a piece of electronics this thing actually clocks in at 2 lb and usually when we measure sizes we'll tell you length and width but since it's round we actually tell you the diameter diameter so from side to side is 4.6 in uh kind of neat uh definitely has a very solid feel to it sort of a giant magic eightball push it off to the side for just a moment see what else we're going to have in the Box uh the top of it to sort of keep it from rolling around it's got some rubber esque bumpers up there we should have some accessories in here I'm assuming lift that up and we've got a Nexus Q start guide for starting uh three ways to connect speaker ports Optical out micro HDMI power up and start the app uh which certainly have to use an Android device for safety instructions I'm assuming this is the power cord so pretty small power cord uh to be decent length let's push all that off to the side let's take a look at this guy uh pretty interesting so it does spin all the way around not sure what functionality it's going to have yet since I have not yet played with this but I will let you know uh there are LED lights all the way around though uh through that I guess almost diameter that light up and do different things uh the bottom sort of a soft touch rubber to make sure when it's planted that it stays very stable this thing is not going to roll around on your desk uh let's talk about ports we've got audio ports in case you want to connect this guy to a stereo or television of course uh but HDMI I'll probably get that done for you Optical out for sending audio out optically uh if you want to hardwire this thing go ahead and do that it load of course does have uh Wi-Fi uh it's got HDMI out that is actually of the micro variety um and can get a micro HDMI cord um Google included that with the folks that went to iio don't know if that's going to be included though in the final box then you've got a micro USB cord which Google is saying is to encourage hacking so very curious to see what the development Community is going to do with that Nexus branding uh right there as well um so this is being powered as I mentioned by A variation of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich uh it's got a tiap 4460 processor in there so it's going to be a dual core chip augmented with a gig of RAM uh it does have 16 gigs of internal storage uh Wi-Fi only uh so this doesn't stream content from your device directly to it essentially it streams from the Google Play Store uh and YouTube uh no thirdparty app support like Netflix or Pandora you need an Android device to control it obviously there isn't any sort of remote included with this um Google is going to sell a Triad bookshelf speakers for $3.99 and speaker cables for 49 bucks uh you can pre-order this guy in the Google Play Store very interesting device completely built uh engineered in the United States we wrote an article yesterday about why that may associate some of the cost premium but uh it feels very interesting it looks kind of futuristic um Sean was making a joke yesterday that Google's next going to unveil the uh Nexus pin cuz this thing looks like a bowling ball and seeing it in person uh it really does kind of look like a bowling ball uh so any guys what do you think about the Nexus Q is it going to sit next to your television is it going to rock your speakers uh we will of course use it and come back to you with a full review anything particular that you want to see the Nexus Q um be sure to let us know in the meantime I'm John ringer from TechnoBuffalo and I will see you in the next video bye-bye I\n"