The
Nexus Player is a
digital media player co-developed by
Google and
Asus. It is the second media player in the
Google Nexus family of consumer devices. Running the
Android 6.0 ("Marshmallow") operating system, it is the first device to employ the
Android TV platform. The Nexus player supports
Google Cast, the feature for selecting and controlling media playback on a television that was first introduced by
Chromecast. Google has not revealed a successor to the Nexus Player and prices have been quietly cut at local retailers shortly after a September 29, 2015 event where Google revealed their next line of Nexus products along with an updated Chromecast leading to questions over the future of the Nexus Player and Android TV.