Nexus Q gets a new lease on life with unofficial Android 4.4 build

It is almost like a sighting of the walking, or in this case, rolling, dead. The most ignored and misunderstood member of the Nexus line has just gotten a chance to keep on rolling via an unofficial ROM that brings Android 4.4 to Google’s Nexus Q.

The Nexus Q is an odd ball, both literally and figuratively. Google is almost notorious for putting out public experiments of its products but the Nexus Q is probably the first that crossed the boundaries of Internet service to physical retail product. The Nexus Q is a media streaming entertainment device, which sort of makes it the predecessor of the Chromecast, that has, unfortunately, failed to gain traction and was eventually abandoned and almost forgotten.

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