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Google confirms Nexus Q not supported in latest version of Play Music

27 points by xmpir 13y ago

snaky 13y ago
Why?! I just don't get it.
- ChikkaChiChi 13y ago
  ...said every person who read the product description, ever.
mtgx 13y ago
Nexus Q was barely a commercial product for like a few days. And didn't they gave them away for free in the end? Hardly anyone will cry over this. That being said, I wish they kept the name, and relaunch it as a completely different product, as an Android-based console with the latest chip, more RAM, more storage, and so on, for $200, as a competitor to OUYA.
- myko 13y ago
  Give it passthru HDMI support a la Google-TV and I'm sold, even at $300 or $400. Especially if it had DVR functionality (even through a third party app).
lanstein 13y ago
I guess I have a collector's item then :-/
ukdm 13y ago
From the comments: "I reached out to play support via email, and here is the response I got: "We're aware of a streaming issue with the Google Play All Access app and the Nexus Q and are working on a fix""
fatjokes 13y ago
So much for Made in America. Seriously though, the Q wasn't a bad idea. I would've gladly purchased a Google-branded audio player if it weren't so ridiculously overpriced.
malkia 13y ago
Were there any real owners of Q? Was it ever sold?
- LandoCalrissian 13y ago
  I think it was meant to be sold, but I recall them just giving them away for free for people that originally bought them.
- dm2 13y ago
  Rumored to have less than 1,000 pre-orders, then they just gave them to all those people for free and called it a dev product. So it cost them a couple hundred thousand and saved a good amount of future support of the device. Plus it was an unusual decision which got them some good press and might encourage people to preorder in the future just in case something like this happens again.
recoiledsnake 13y ago
The Nexus Q is what you get when you try to channel your inner Steve Jobs and allow him to get carried away.
CloudNine 13y ago
This looks like something that someone went overboard with trying to be Steve Jobs and thought too much out-of-the-box. Wasn't it Einstein that said that keep your mind open, but not so open that it falls out?

27 points by xmpir 13y ago

snaky 13y ago

Why?! I just don't get it.

ChikkaChiChi 13y ago
...said every person who read the product description, ever.

mtgx 13y ago

Nexus Q was barely a commercial product for like a few days. And didn't they gave them away for free in the end? Hardly anyone will cry over this. That being said, I wish they kept the name, and relaunch it as a completely different product, as an Android-based console with the latest chip, more RAM, more storage, and so on, for $200, as a competitor to OUYA.

myko 13y ago
Give it passthru HDMI support a la Google-TV and I'm sold, even at $300 or $400. Especially if it had DVR functionality (even through a third party app).

lanstein 13y ago

I guess I have a collector's item then :-/

ukdm 13y ago

From the comments: "I reached out to play support via email, and here is the response I got: "We're aware of a streaming issue with the Google Play All Access app and the Nexus Q and are working on a fix""

fatjokes 13y ago

So much for Made in America. Seriously though, the Q wasn't a bad idea. I would've gladly purchased a Google-branded audio player if it weren't so ridiculously overpriced.

malkia 13y ago

Were there any real owners of Q? Was it ever sold?

LandoCalrissian 13y ago
I think it was meant to be sold, but I recall them just giving them away for free for people that originally bought them.
dm2 13y ago
Rumored to have less than 1,000 pre-orders, then they just gave them to all those people for free and called it a dev product. So it cost them a couple hundred thousand and saved a good amount of future support of the device. Plus it was an unusual decision which got them some good press and might encourage people to preorder in the future just in case something like this happens again.

recoiledsnake 13y ago

The Nexus Q is what you get when you try to channel your inner Steve Jobs and allow him to get carried away.

CloudNine 13y ago

This looks like something that someone went overboard with trying to be Steve Jobs and thought too much out-of-the-box. Wasn't it Einstein that said that keep your mind open, but not so open that it falls out?