Google has released a new mobile phone running its Android software to some employees, said the company gave the phone to employees as a way to test new technologies.

Mario Queiroz, Vice President, Product Management posted on the official Google Blog:

At Google, we are constantly experimenting with new products and technologies, and often ask employees to test these products for quick feedback and >suggestions for improvements in a process we call dogfooding (from “eating your own dogfood”). Well this holiday season, we are taking dogfooding to >a new level.

We recently came up with the concept of a mobile lab, which is a device that combines innovative hardware from a partner with software that runs on >Android to experiment with new mobile features and capabilities, and we shared this device with Google employees across the globe. This means they get >to test out a new technology and help improve it.

Unfortunately, because dogfooding is a process exclusively for Google employees, we cannot share specific product details. We hope to share more after >our dogfood diet.

Dogfooding is always tempting, especially those diet from google…Will it be google branded? Will it be manufactured by HTC? Who knows…