Google Nexus 6, Chromecast to be available in India from Dec 10

The much-awaited Nexus 6 from Google & Motorola will be available to buyers on Google Playstore from December 10 as part of the three-day online shopping festival.

The Nexus 6 smartphone will be available at a price of Rs 43,999 for the 32GB version and Rs 48,999 for the 64GB variant.

Google on Tuesday unveiled a slew of new products, leveraging on increased consumer confidence to shop online, a company statement said in the national capital.

The products will be promoted through the Great Online Shopping Festival, which takes place from December 10-12.

Google announced the India launch of Google Chromecast (dongle), which will be available for Rs 2,999 at snapdeal.com and select Airtel stores across the country from Dec 10.

Apart from Google, Lenovo announced the launch of new Android-powered YOGA Tablet 2 Pro. The tablet will be available for sale exclusively on Flipkart.com from Dec 10 at Rs 49,490.

"Consumer confidence to shop online is on the rise in India. Convenience, variety and availability of latest products across the country are driving the growth of online shopping in India. We started GOSF in 2012 with just 90 partners and in our third year, we have five times more partners participating in gosf.in, including many first time partners like Big Bazaar, Lakme, Van Heusen and Asian Paints," said Rajan Anandan, managing director, Google India.

In the last few weeks, over 5 million users have visited the gosf.in website, Anandan informed.