The device connects to the Google Play Store, and owners can purchase content from the shop using the device. The Nexus Q connects with other compatible Android devices via NFC or Bluetooth, so users can control it wirelessly using their smartphones or tablets. Anyone with a compatible Android phone can be added to the device's list of users, so people at a party with Android devices could, for example, control and edit music playlists. And a glowing ring of LEDs that circles the gadget glows in various colors based on the type of audio it's playing.

The Nexus Q will sell for $299, and you can pre-order one today via the Google Play store. Google says it will begin shipping the Nexus Q in July.

Google's VP of Chrome and Apps, Sundar Pichai announced some new usage statistics on the company's browser at the conference. Chrome currently has more than 310 million active users, making it the most popular browser in the world, according to Pichai.

Google users and developers have been "persistently asking" the company to release a version of the Chrome browser for Apple iOS devices, including iPhones and iPads, according to Google's Brian Rakowski, product manager of Chrome development. So Google responded at I/O by releasing Chrome for iOS. are both currently available in the iTunes Store. And Chrome is already the top free app in iTunes.