It has come to light that Nvidia is working with Google on Android phones as it turns off its Windows-Mobile-only strategy.

An announcement was made at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona by Nvidia that with the aim to get its Tegra processor into Android phones, it has started working with Google and the Open Handset Alliance. Basically, Tegra is a system-on-a-chip, which integrates an ARM applications processor and Nvidia's GeForce graphics silicon, among other functions. The motive is to bring vigorous PC-like graphics to small devices.

Andy Rubin, Google's senior director for mobile platforms informed via a statement, "We welcome Nvidia's support of Android on Tegra."

Nvidia has been talking up Tegra since spring last year as a chip aimed exclusively at Windows Mobile smartphones. However, Nvidia said via a statement, "By supporting Android, manufacturers and operators can now easily use a Tegra processor to build mobile phones."

It was further confirmed by Nvidia on Monday, "Tegra chip will enable a $99, always-on, always-connected mobile internet device (MID) capable of playing back high-definition video and going for days between battery charges."

It was also informed by Nvidia that it has partnered with ST-Ericsson in order to add 3G communication capabilities to the Windows platform.