SAN FRANCISCO, July 24: Google on Wednesday unveiled a slimmer, more powerful tablet computer on its Nexus brand and a thumb-sized device that lets popular mobile gadgets feed online content wirelessly to television sets.

The ramped-up second-generation Nexus 7 by Taiwan-based Asus made its debut along with a Chromecast dongle that plugs into television sets to let people easily route online content to big screens.

Mario Queiroz, head of Google TV, said Chromecast “won't clutter your entertainment cabinet. It simply disappears behind your TV once it is plugged in.” The new connector device went on sale for $35 online at Google play and will also be sold through Amazon and Best Buy in the United States.

“Cast” icons built into applications for online video services YouTube and Netflix let people use smartphones, tablets or laptop computers to easily direct online videos to television screens, a demonstration showed.

'If you know how to use YouTube on your phone, you know how to use YouTube on your TV,” Queiroz said while describing the vision behind Chromecast.—AFP