Google launches stylish $199 Wi-Fi router meant to be shown off

Google, which likes to tackle big challenges, is at it again, this time taking on another global nuisance: notoriously complicated and ugly home Wi-Fi routers.

OnHub is a sleek, cylindrical Wi-Fi router that's meant to be placed prominently in your home, not hidden under a desk or on the floor, where most of these devices end up.

Judging by photos of the device, users might indeed decide to keep it out in the open. There are no visible antennas, though it has six 2.4 gHz antennas and six 5 gHZ antennas tucked inside.

There's a dimmable light ring at the top that indicates how the device is functioning, and a speaker that uses an audio tone during the setup process. It's just over 7 inches tall, and weighs less than 2 pounds.

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