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Google has announced a developer’s preview and rebrand of ‘Project Brillo’, its Android-based Internet of Things (IoT) initiative. The new name is, “Android Things.”
Android Things is a stripped-down version of Android aimed at cheap, ultra-low-end IoT hardware. The developer’s preview offers “turnkey” support for the Intel Edison, NXP Pico, and the Raspberry Pi 3.
Google has also partnered with these companies to create a smooth upgrade path from development hardware to a large-scale production run.
Android Things allows developers to build a smart device using Android APIs and Google Services. This takes the usual Android development stack—Android Studio, the official SDK, and Google Play Services—and applies it to the IoT. Developers will be able to use the Google Weave protocol to communicate between devices along with Google Cloud services like Google Cloud Vision.