Android Things

It (codenamed Brillo) is an Android-based embedded operating system platform by Google, declared at Google I/O 2015.

It is meant to be utilized with low-power and memory obliged (IoT) devices, which are typically worked from various MCU stages.

As an IoT(Internet of Things) OS it is intended to fill in as low as 32–64 MB of RAM. It will support Bluetooth Low Energy and Wi-Fi.

Alongside Brillo, Google likewise presented the Weave protocol, which these devices can use to speak with other perfect devices.

Android Things is only a preview at the moment and there is much to be done, however enough of the final operating system is working so that developers can start creating Android Things based projects.

Google gives OEM implementation of Android Things designed for the generation of Google Assistant-powered smart speakers and presentations running one of two Qualcomm “Home Hub” frameworks on-chip. Items have been created by JBL, Lenovo, and LG Electronics.

What are the Benefits of Android Things?

It can possibly turn into an extra channel for information accumulation. This can empower Google to comprehend client conduct better.

In this manner Google will almost certainly convey increasingly customized and setting driven ads to its wide client base.

Android Things may bring down the general expense of IoT application advancement. This is because Android Things framework can serve as an application which can keep running on any hardware and organizations simply need to build new applications over this. This will diminish the overhead expense and improve the profitability.

In the present arrangement, the responsibility to give ordinary security updates to the Android gadgets is with Google, as opposed to the developers themselves.

This implies as and when a security fix is released for android, every one of the gadgets dealing with AT will quickly get it. This will take out the postponement in updating the smart devices.

Moreover, the developers can focus altogether on item development as opposed to bothering about security updates from time to time.