Yeah, I said it. Google should — and probably will — sell an Android TV.

No, not a dongle. And I’m not talking about a Google TV of the kind you can buy today in which Google technology puts the “smart” in the smart TV feature.

I’m talking about a full-blown, Android-based, big-screen, high-def TV set.

I’m going to tell you why, but first: Let’s understand why Google sells hardware at all.

Last week, the HTC One Google Play edition variant received the Android 4.3 update directly from Google and HTC. Considering there are no hardware differences between the Sense and the Google Play variant of the One, you can easily use the Google Play edition ROM on the Sense running One without any issues.

The only requirements to use the Google Play edition ROM on your One is that you should have unlocked the bootloader with a custom recovery installed on your One.

Google’s new Nexus 7 launched in the U.S. on July 30, and now ASUS has announced that its 7-inch tablet will be available to purchase in the U.K. directly from Google on August 28 – almost a month later.

HTC has pushed out an unexpected over-the-air update to all One X+ devices in Taiwan. The upgrade brings Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and Sense 5 to the handset, effectively turning the device into a low-end version of HTC’s flagship One, complete with all the bells and whistles you would expect; BlinkFeed, Video Highlights, and Notification Toggles.

Google has sent out an email to all its Wallet users informing them that support for NFC redemption of gift and loyalty cards will end on August 21, 2013. So, if you have a balance remaining on your gift cards (stored within Wallet), you will need to spend it using the tap-to-pay functionality before the cut off date.