Google is attempting to put itself at the centre ofdomestic wireless networks with a new “smart router that promises to improve WiFi qualityand security.

谷歌(Google)正力求讓自己置身于家庭無(wú)線網(wǎng)絡(luò)的中心。該公司發(fā)布了一款有望改善WiFi質(zhì)量和安全性的新型“智能路由器。

OnHub’s launch comes weeks before Apple is expected to unveil its latest home technologydevice, with an update to its Apple TV set-top box that will act as a wireless “smart homehub. The launch also puts Google into competition with many cable companies which offertheir own home hubs for watching TV and getting online.

谷歌發(fā)布OnHub路由器，比外界預(yù)計(jì)蘋果(Apple)將推出其最新家庭技術(shù)設(shè)備的時(shí)間早了幾周——蘋果即將發(fā)布最新款的電視機(jī)頂盒Apple TV，可用作無(wú)線“智能家居中心。此次新品發(fā)布也使谷歌處于跟有線電視公司競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的境地，許多有線電視公司也提供用于看電視和上網(wǎng)的家居中心。

The inclusion of Bluetooth and other methods of wireless connectivity means Google’s $200OnHub will be able to control the “internet of things inside the home as more consumers buyconnected peripherals such as wireless speakers, thermostats and security cameras.

谷歌定價(jià)200美元的OnHub路由器包含藍(lán)牙和其他無(wú)線連接技術(shù)，意味著它將能夠控制家庭內(nèi)的“物聯(lián)網(wǎng)。如今，越來(lái)越多的消費(fèi)者購(gòu)買了無(wú)線音箱、恒溫器和監(jiān)控?cái)z像頭等可連接外設(shè)。

The project has been developed over the past two years by teams who worked on the Chromeoperating system and Google Access, the unit responsible for its superfast fibreoptic-basednetwork.

這個(gè)項(xiàng)目是由負(fù)責(zé)Chrome操作系統(tǒng)的多個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)和Google Access歷時(shí)兩年聯(lián)合完成研發(fā)的。Google Access是谷歌旗下負(fù)責(zé)其超快速光纖網(wǎng)絡(luò)的部門。

Google has taken an Apple-like approach to designing OnHub, concealing the antennas thatusually protrude from a router inside a cylinder that can be customised with a range of coloursand patterns. Google has made other internal improvements to regular routers that it says willmake OnHub easier to manage and allow WiFi networks to run faster and over a wider area.

谷歌在OnHub設(shè)計(jì)上采用了類似蘋果的方法，把通常突出在路由器外面的天線隱藏到一個(gè)圓筒中，圓筒可以定制為不同顏色和樣式。谷歌還在其他方面對(duì)常規(guī)路由器進(jìn)行了內(nèi)部改進(jìn)，并表示，這將使OnHub更便于管理，使WiFi網(wǎng)絡(luò)運(yùn)行得更快，覆蓋到更廣范圍。

While OnHub will remain part of Google after the internet company becomes a subsidiary ofnew parent Alphabet, under a corporate shake-up announced by chief executive LarryPagelast week, no information about browsing or viewing behaviour will be used to tailor onlineadvertising, the company says.

谷歌表示，盡管OnHub在公司重組后仍將是谷歌的一部分，但用戶瀏覽或觀看行為的相關(guān)信息將不會(huì)被用于量身定做在線廣告。上周，谷歌首席執(zhí)行官拉里槧奇(Larry Page)宣布了公司的重組方案，谷歌此后將成為新成立的母公司Alphabet的子公司。

The OnHub device may in time work with peripherals from Nest, the smart-home unit that willbecome a separate Alphabet subsidiary to Google.

OnHub以后或許會(huì)跟Nest的外設(shè)產(chǎn)品相互兼容。Nest這一智能家居部門將成為Alphabet旗下一家平行于谷歌的獨(dú)立子公司。

Google is attempting to put itself at the centre ofdomestic wireless networks with a new “smart router that promises to improve WiFi qualityand security.

谷歌(Google)正力求讓自己置身于家庭無(wú)線網(wǎng)絡(luò)的中心。該公司發(fā)布了一款有望改善WiFi質(zhì)量和安全性的新型“智能路由器。

OnHub’s launch comes weeks before Apple is expected to unveil its latest home technologydevice, with an update to its Apple TV set-top box that will act as a wireless “smart homehub. The launch also puts Google into competition with many cable companies which offertheir own home hubs for watching TV and getting online.

谷歌發(fā)布OnHub路由器，比外界預(yù)計(jì)蘋果(Apple)將推出其最新家庭技術(shù)設(shè)備的時(shí)間早了幾周——蘋果即將發(fā)布最新款的電視機(jī)頂盒Apple TV，可用作無(wú)線“智能家居中心。此次新品發(fā)布也使谷歌處于跟有線電視公司競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的境地，許多有線電視公司也提供用于看電視和上網(wǎng)的家居中心。

The inclusion of Bluetooth and other methods of wireless connectivity means Google’s $200OnHub will be able to control the “internet of things inside the home as more consumers buyconnected peripherals such as wireless speakers, thermostats and security cameras.

谷歌定價(jià)200美元的OnHub路由器包含藍(lán)牙和其他無(wú)線連接技術(shù)，意味著它將能夠控制家庭內(nèi)的“物聯(lián)網(wǎng)。如今，越來(lái)越多的消費(fèi)者購(gòu)買了無(wú)線音箱、恒溫器和監(jiān)控?cái)z像頭等可連接外設(shè)。

The project has been developed over the past two years by teams who worked on the Chromeoperating system and Google Access, the unit responsible for its superfast fibreoptic-basednetwork.

這個(gè)項(xiàng)目是由負(fù)責(zé)Chrome操作系統(tǒng)的多個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)和Google Access歷時(shí)兩年聯(lián)合完成研發(fā)的。Google Access是谷歌旗下負(fù)責(zé)其超快速光纖網(wǎng)絡(luò)的部門。

Google has taken an Apple-like approach to designing OnHub, concealing the antennas thatusually protrude from a router inside a cylinder that can be customised with a range of coloursand patterns. Google has made other internal improvements to regular routers that it says willmake OnHub easier to manage and allow WiFi networks to run faster and over a wider area.

谷歌在OnHub設(shè)計(jì)上采用了類似蘋果的方法，把通常突出在路由器外面的天線隱藏到一個(gè)圓筒中，圓筒可以定制為不同顏色和樣式。谷歌還在其他方面對(duì)常規(guī)路由器進(jìn)行了內(nèi)部改進(jìn)，并表示，這將使OnHub更便于管理，使WiFi網(wǎng)絡(luò)運(yùn)行得更快，覆蓋到更廣范圍。

While OnHub will remain part of Google after the internet company becomes a subsidiary ofnew parent Alphabet, under a corporate shake-up announced by chief executive LarryPagelast week, no information about browsing or viewing behaviour will be used to tailor onlineadvertising, the company says.

谷歌表示，盡管OnHub在公司重組后仍將是谷歌的一部分，但用戶瀏覽或觀看行為的相關(guān)信息將不會(huì)被用于量身定做在線廣告。上周，谷歌首席執(zhí)行官拉里槧奇(Larry Page)宣布了公司的重組方案，谷歌此后將成為新成立的母公司Alphabet的子公司。

The OnHub device may in time work with peripherals from Nest, the smart-home unit that willbecome a separate Alphabet subsidiary to Google.

OnHub以后或許會(huì)跟Nest的外設(shè)產(chǎn)品相互兼容。Nest這一智能家居部門將成為Alphabet旗下一家平行于谷歌的獨(dú)立子公司。