Google to launch Android 4.5, Nexus 8 in July

Google is hosting the I/O 2014 developer conference from June 25-26, but the company is likely to make the big announcements about its upcoming products in July. Google has, so far, revealed no plans to bring out a new update in the Android OS at its yearly event.

The Android maker is expected to officially launch the Android 4.5 version with a new tablet, touted to be the Nexus 8, in the month of July.

No further details on the new Nexus 8 have been revealed yet. Google may establish the 20.3-cm (8-inch) Nexus 8 tablet by the end of April with primary shipments of two million units, and ASUS might again be the partner in the development of the new Android-powered tablet.

Google is also reported to have dropped development of a 17.7-cm (7-inch) Nexus tablet, succumbing to the heavy competition in the segment. The company will now try to focus on the 20.3-cm (8-inch) segment, since this segment has less competition. At the moment, the most notable 20.3-cm tablets in the market are from Samsung— the Galaxy Note 8.0 and Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4, and G Pad 8.3 from LG.