In addition to announcing details about its new high-speed Internet network Google Fiber -- which runs 100 times faster than today's average broadband -- Google unveiled Thursday its new initiative for the home: Google Fiber TV.
The interactive service allows you to watch and record up to 500 hours of television -- and tape up to eight shows at once -- across its new Google Fiber Internet network. Content is also searchable via its DVR and the system connects to services such as Netflix.
Although the concept isn't new -- Verizon has had its Fios service since 2005 -- it's new territory for Google. The news comes as the company brings its ultra-high speed network first to Kansas City, Kan. and Kansas City, Mo.
The search engine giant is making various packages available for the service. For $120 a month, users will get Fiber TV along with the Gigabit broadband service, a terabyte of Google Drive cloud storage and various TV channels, on-demand content and movie networks. It will also come with a free Google Nexus 7 tablet that will serve as a remote.
