<P> In June 2014, Google announced Google Cardboard, a simple cardboard viewer that lets user place their smartphone in a special front compartment to view virtual reality (VR) media . </P> <P> In April 2016, Recode reported that Google had hired Rick Osterloh, Motorola Mobility's former President, to head Google's new hardware division . In October 2016, Osterloh stated that "a lot of the innovation that we want to do now ends up requiring controlling the end - to - end user experience", and Google announced several hardware platforms: </P> <Ul> <Li> The Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones with the Google Assistant, a next - generation contextual voice assistant, built - in . </Li> <Li> Google Home, an Amazon Echo - like voice assistant placed in the house that can answer voice queries, play music, find information from apps (calendar, weather etc .), and control third - party smart home appliances (users can tell it to turn on the lights, for example). </Li> <Li> Daydream View virtual reality headset that lets Android users with compatible Daydream - ready smartphones put their phones in the headset and enjoy VR content . </Li> <Li> Google Wifi, a connected set of Wi - Fi routers to simplify and extend coverage of home Wi - Fi . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones with the Google Assistant, a next - generation contextual voice assistant, built - in . </Li>

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