Google has just unveiled OnHub Wi-Fi router as a simple yet powerful solution to offer faster wireless connectivity.

“From design to functionality, OnHub delivers a better and more powerful, easy-to-use Wi-Fi experience”, said Andy Chen, vice president Networking Business Unit at TP-LINK international.

Google’s also attempting to shift router management away from PCs and over to mobiles, with the OnHub controlled from an Android or iOS app, rather than through a web browser.

Google has partnered with TP-LINK to launch the home router OnHub, a different kind of device to keep search and display ads and YouTube videos serving up and playing without a glitch.

OnHub will get automatic updates to get more features and security patches, but those will not interfere with the connection. Google says the app will let users monitor their upload and download speeds, and even perform diagnostic tests and setting changes to the OnHub. Google makes the point that most routers still run on antiquated software and can be a nightmare when it comes to trouble shooting. During setup it will automatically select the best channel for minimal interference, and can adjust on its own as necessary. In the same post Google says that the OnHub is available on pre-order for $199.99 from online retailers in the U.S. including the Google Store, Amazon and Walmart. This hunk of a router looks like a Nexus-Q in some ways. “The connected home, where technology makes it easy to do all the things you want to do”. The company indicated that it second partner, ASUS, will provide more news later this year. It will also be available in retail stores in the US and Canada in the next few weeks.

On the technical side there are 13 high-performance internal antennas (covering both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies) for a IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi connection, as well as support for Bluetooth and Weave, Google’s smart home coding language.