谷歌推出OnHub智能路由器

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)正力求让自己置身于家庭无线网络的中心。该公司发布了一款有望改善WiFi质量和安全性的新型“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.

谷歌发布OnHub路由器，比外界预计苹果(Apple)将推出其最新家庭技术设备的时间早了几周——苹果即将发布最新款的电视机顶盒Apple TV，可用作无线“智能家居中心。此次新品发布也使谷歌处于跟有线电视公司竞争的境地，许多有线电视公司也提供用于看电视和上网的家居中心。

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.

谷歌定价200美元的OnHub路由器包含蓝牙和其他无线连接技术，意味着它将能够控制家庭内的“物联网。如今，越来越多的消费者购买了无线音箱、恒温器和监控摄像头等可连接外设。

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.

这个项目是由负责Chrome操作系统的多个团队和Google Access历时两年联合完成研发的。Google Access是谷歌旗下负责其超快速光纤网络的部门。

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设计上采用了类似苹果的方法，把通常突出在路由器外面的天线隐藏到一个圆筒中，圆筒可以定制为不同颜色和样式。谷歌还在其他方面对常规路由器进行了内部改进，并表示，这将使OnHub更便于管理，使WiFi网络运行得更快，覆盖到更广范围。

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，尽管OnHub在公司重组后仍将是谷歌的一部分，但用户浏览或观看行为的相关信息将不会被用于量身定做在线广告。上周，谷歌首席执行官拉里椠奇(Larry Page)宣布了公司的重组方案，谷歌此后将成为新成立的母公司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以后或许会跟Nest的外设产品相互兼容。Nest这一智能家居部门将成为Alphabet旗下一家平行于谷歌的独立子公司。