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The real Q project.

As commenter Chefgon points out, there was a Nexus Q before the Project Q PlayStation handheld Sony revealed this week.

Last year Chris Welch revisited that whole experience for us and explains how the $299 Nexus Q player stumbled in 2012 just before Google scored a hit with the Chromecast in 2013.

Animation showing Google’s ill-fated Nexus Q media streamer.
Animation showing Google’s ill-fated Nexus Q media streamer.
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