The Nexus 6 (codenamed Shamu) is a phablet co-developed by Google and Motorola Mobility that runs the Android operating system.

[7] The Nexus 6 was available through Google Play Store, Motorola Mobility, Best Buy, T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, U.S. Cellular, and Verizon Wireless in the United States.

[8] In November 2014, availability was announced for 12 other countries, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, India,[9] Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

[21][22] The Nexus 6 uses a 5.96-inch (marketed as six-inch) QHD AMOLED PenTile (RGBG) display with a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels (493 PPI), and includes a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera with optical image stabilization (OIS), surrounded by a dual LED flash ring, and a two-megapixel camera on front.

The Nexus 6's hardware supports USB On-The-Go for storage devices, the functionality was originally disabled by software but was enabled in later Android updates.

Short exposures avoids blur, blowing out highlights and averaging multiple shots reduces noise.

The Nexus 6 was the first Android device to have integrated IMS WiFi calling on T-Mobile, which was issued via an OTA update.

Previously T-Mobile offered WiFi calling on select Android handsets using software from Kineto Wireless.

[34] On December 27, 2016, Google told Android Police that a "last minute bug" was discovered and will delay the update until "early January".