| The name of the base system (platform): | Google Brillo |
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| Date of the premiere of the system: | 2016/12/14 |
| Last Release Date: | February, 2019 |
| Technology: | Internet of Things of Internet of Things (IoT), OS |
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Android Things - OS for Internet of Things.
2019: Google changed the direction development of the Android Things platform
In February, 2019 Google announced change of the direction of development of Android Things. The platform stopped being concentrated on the equipment in the field of Internet of Things.
 | Considering success achieved by our partners in in the market of "smart" columns and displays we reorient Android Things on the platform for OEM partner to create devices in these categories in the future, said in the statement of Google. |  |
In connection with change of accents Google stopped support in Android Things of systems modules (SoM, System on Modules) based on chips NXP, Qualcomm and MediaTek.
At the same time the Android Things SDK tools will still support the equipment based on popular NXP i.MX7D and Raspberry Pi 3B so persons interested will be able to continue to experiment and create the intelligent connected devices from this OS. System images for these payments will remain are available via the Android Things console in which developers will be able to create new assemblies. Still non-commercial version of the platform will allow to manage up to 100 devices via one console.
Google promises to support not less than three years the made devices by release of program updates. But the company recommends to commercial developers to address Cloud IoT Core for connection of devices and also Cloud IoT Edge and Edge TPU technologies for management of boundary calculations of services and applications with machine learning.
By Android Things it could be used for robots, projectors, 3D-printers and a set of other devices within the concept of Internet of Things. However Google decided to be limited only to "smart" columns and displays.
Google noted that the company "will be engaged further in providing the managed platform for IoT-devices, including ready-made hardware solutions. By February, 2019 the company continues work on several IoT-platforms, notes the ARS Technica edition.[1]
2016: Announcement of the Android Things platform
On December 14, 2016 Google announced release of Android Things OS for devices of Internet of Things.
For December 14, 2016 the version is available to developers which can be adapted for the specific device by means of Android API and Google services. A system can be modified under different low-power devices, including audiodevices, security cameras, routers, etc.
Google concluded partnership with a number of producers of the equipment that it could work as Android Things with minicomputers for Internet of Things of Intel Edison, NXP Pico and Raspberry Pi 3. It is supposed that now these devices will receive updates and patches from Google. At the same time the company released a set of peripheral tools for creation of the hardware systems of Internet of Things[2].
By Android Things it is created on the platform for the connected Brillo devices which Google issued in May, 2015. Brillo was also expected low-power devices, in the long term the company promised to adapt it for amount of RAM in 32 MB. Creation of the platform is partly connected with the fact that to this Google purchased the developer of smart temperature regulators Nest.
During the work with Android Things it is possible to use the tools intended for work with Android: Android Studio, Android SDK, Google Play Services, Google Cloud Platform and others.
Android Things does not provide automatic connection of the smart device to the smartphone on which Android is installed. For this purpose it will be required will use the separate Weave communications protocol created by Google in 2015. Support of Weave will be integrated into Android Things in later version for developers then OS will have to become a full-fledged analog of the solution HomeKit of Apple.
Google also announced arrangements on Weave use by a number of equipment manufacturers, including Belkin WeMo, LiFX, Honeywell, Wink, TP-Link and First Alert. With a release of Android Things the protocol received updating and the tool kit for development allowing to modify Weave for smart lighting instruments, switches and temperature regulators.
Use of the uniform protocol of communication should help connected to devices to communicate with each other.
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