On the sidelines of the rapid presentations of Nexus 6 and Nexus 9, Google announced yesterday the release of the Nexus Player, the latest attempt to allow TV to install Android on the big screens.

Google is determined at all costs to install the Android TVs in users TV, and to do this, the company passes this time by a TV box.

From a close collaboration between Asus and Google, the Nexus Player plugs into a TV and the area to offer streaming music, movies and TV programs, and play games. All Google is offering the Cast technology that allows users of Android smartphones propel their flow directly to the screen of the show (in the manner of Chromecast).

The Nexus player is compatible with devices running Chrome OS, Android or iOS and it is the first to run on Android TV, an OS designed to offer a multimedia environment connected to TVs.

Nexus Player Android TV box

Offering a microphone, it will be controllable by a voice to facilitate searches and navigation. It will, however, come with a simple remote control and a joystick for users who do not want to use their smartphone or tablet.

All that is accessible from the Google Play Store is also accessible from the Nexus Player. Internally, the case hides an Intel Atom processor with four cores clocked at 1.8 GHz, 1 GB of RAM and a graphics Imagination chip of PowerVR Series 6 graphics 2D/3D Engine. Equipped with 8 GB of storage, it offers a USB 2.0 expansion port for plugging in a micro hard drive or memory stick. Compatible with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, it should allow people to equip with televisions that do not have Internet connection to offer some "smart" applications.

As for the Nexus 6 and 9, its preorder was announced on October 17 or for availability on November 3 but with no prices known yet.