Google Starts Selling Cordless Wi-Fi Router

Google Inc. unveiled a new cordless at-home Wi-Fi router this week called OnHub. The router can be managed, and devices added, through the Google On app, available through the Android or iOS app stores. The app provides information on how much bandwidth devices are using and allows users to run network checks. The lack of cords, which have been replaced by internal antennas, allow the device to be stored out in the open where the connection may be spread more evenly throughout the house, according to Google. The device is available for pre-order for $199.99 from certain online retailers in the U.S., including the Google Store, Amazon.com and Walmart.com and will expand to U.S. and Canadian brick-and-mortar retail stores in the coming weeks. "We're streaming and sharing in new ways our old routers were never built to handle," Google said. Shares of Google were up 0.3% to $690.70 in premarket trade.