CES 2015: Razer Forge TV: part Android box, part complete surprise

CES 2015: Razer Forge TV: part Android box, part complete surprise

By Cameron Faulkner

CES 2015: Razer Forge TV: part Android box, part complete surprise

Introduced at Google IO back in June 2014 amid the flurry of hype surrounding Android Lollipop and Google Cardboard, Razer announced an Android micro-console. Not much was said about it; no name, no specs, no price.

Razer loosened its lips today at CES 2015, announcing the Forge TV for $99.99 (£99.99) and a full spread of other new products. Running Android TV, the Razer Forge TV is primarily in the game of playing games, but will also host familiar entertainment apps including Hulu, YouTube, and Crackle through Google Play. There’s no word yet on Netflix, HBO Go, or Amazon Instant Video just yet, but where it may currently lack app support, it’s helped with Google Cast, a beta service that allows users to beam content from Android and iOS devices to the Forge TV.

Razer Forge TV

The stunning design, which looks to have inherited the best qualities of the Razer Blade gaming laptop, doesn’t seem to have changed since the announcement, but we now know more about what’s inside. The micro-console offers up enough power to plow through the most intensive Android games and apps backed by a quad-core CPU, 2GB RAM and 16GB of …read more

Source: techradar.com – Gaming

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