Category · 10 records
Hardware
Physical devices Google designed or sold. The first was a search server for businesses, the 2002 Search Appliance.
- Google Museum
Hardware › HardwareGoogle Search Appliance, search in a box for companies (2002)
2002 — Google's first product for businesses, the Search Appliance was a server that brought Google search to internal documents.
- Google Museum
Hardware › HardwareNexus One, the phone sold by Google itself (2010)
January 2010 — The HTC-built Nexus One was unveiled in early January 2010 along with a Google online store for selling Android devices: $529 unlocked or $179 with a T-Mobile plan.
- Google Museum
Hardware › HardwareChromebook, the Chrome OS laptop (2011)
May 11, 2011 — Two years after announcing Chrome OS, Google introduced Chromebooks at Google I/O, based on the CR-48 prototype.
- Google Museum
Event › HardwareGoogle buys Motorola Mobility and sells it to Lenovo (2011–2014)
August 15, 2011 — On August 15, 2011 Google and Motorola Mobility announced the purchase at $40 per share in cash, about $12.5 billion, promising to keep Motorola as a separate business and Android open.
- Google Museum
Hardware › HardwareGoogle Glass, the computer on your face (2012–2023)
April 4, 2012 — On April 4, 2012 a Google[x] team showed Project Glass on a Google+ page, with photos and a video of eyewear displaying weather, calendar, directions and video calls in front of the eyes.
- Google Museum
Hardware › HardwareChromecast, phone video on the TV for $35 (2013)
July 24, 2013 — About the size of a thumb drive, Chromecast connected to the TV's HDMI port and the home Wi-Fi.
- Google Museum
Event › HardwareGoogle buys Nest for $3.2 billion (2014)
January 13, 2014 — Nest made a connected thermostat, sold since 2011, and the Protect smoke alarm.
- Google Museum
Hardware › HardwarePixel and the Made by Google line (2016)
October 4, 2016 — On October 4, 2016 Google introduced, under the Made by Google brand, its own line of devices: the Pixel and Pixel XL phones, the Google Home speaker at $129, the Daydream View VR headset at $79, the Google Wifi router and the 4K Chromecast Ultra.
- Google Museum
Product or service › HardwareJamboard, the Google Workspace digital whiteboard (2016–2024)
October 25, 2016 — Introduced on October 25, 2016, with general availability announced for May 2017, Jamboard was Google Workspace’s digital whiteboard, with an app and a 55-inch physical device.
- Google Museum
Event › HardwareGoogle completes its purchase of Fitbit (2021)
January 14, 2021 — On November 1, 2019 Google announced the purchase of Fitbit, maker of fitness bands and watches, for $7.35 per share in cash, about $2.1 billion.