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Google to unveil home-audio service

Google is investing in new tools that provide online songs, movies and television shows as users increasingly access various screens for consuming media, a competitive area that has also attracted rivals including Apple and Amazon. com.

Chromecast, unveiled in 2013, has emerged as the number two media-streaming device, with 20 per cent of sales to US homes with broadband access during the first three quarters of 2014, according to Parks Associates.

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