{"id":4132,"date":"2015-08-19T09:06:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T23:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=4132"},"modified":"2015-08-19T09:06:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T23:06:37","slug":"googles-getting-into-the-router-biz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/googles-getting-into-the-router-biz\/","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s getting into the router biz"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Google on Tuesday launched preorders for the OnHub, a new 802.11ac Wi-Fi router it hopes will simplify wireless connections and will also act as a hub for smart home appliances.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/on.google.com\/hub\">OnHub<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 built in partnership with router maker TP-LINK \u2014 employs an unusual cylindrical design, hiding 13 antennas inside its frame. It also replaces a router&#8217;s standard set of LEDs with a single ring light that shows one of four colors to indicate device status.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;d go as far as calling it an &#8220;unusual&#8221; design, looks pretty similar to Apple&#8217;s AirPort Extreme to me? It does have a butt load of antennae though. This\u00a0could also be\u00a0Google&#8217;s first step into home automation with a compatibility to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zigbee.org\" target=\"_blank\">ZigBee<\/a> standard.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally you can&#8217;t buy\/reserve it outside of the US right now but it does launch on my birthday if you&#8217;re stuck for gift ideas. Just saying&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"source-link\"><span class=\"source-link\">Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/15\/08\/18\/google-launches-onhub-wi-fi-router-delays-ara-modular-phone-tests-to-2016\">Google launches OnHub Wi-Fi router, delays &#8216;Ara&#8217; modular phone tests to 2016<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google on Tuesday launched preorders for the OnHub, a new 802.11ac Wi-Fi router it hopes will simplify wireless&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"reckoner_social_message":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}