Google unveiled a larger version of its Nexus-branded tablet computer on Monday, and updated its mobile gadget and online content offerings as competition with Apple, Amazon and Microsoft heats up ahead of the holiday season.
The device follows a spate of new product launches by the technology leaders in recent weeks.
Google, the world's No.1 Internet search engine, has pushed deeper into the hardware business at a time when consumers are increasingly accessing the web on mobile devices.
Google's new Nexus 10, made in partnership with consumer electronics company Samsung Electronics, is the first 10-inch tablet to come to market under Google's Nexus brand. The device, with prices starting at $299, will be available on Nov. 13 in the U.S, Canada and six other countries.
Google also introduced an improvement to its online-music storage service. The new "matching" feature scans songs in a consumer's music collection and automatically creates an online or "cloud-based" library of the same tracks that consumers can access from any device or computer.
