It’s been a year ago that Google an internet-of-things platform, announced that based on Android. “Project Brillo’ we have in the past been little heard, but we now know that this fits in with Android Things.
Android Things: operating system for home automation
Google says it learned a lot of the feedback the company has received on Project Brillo and this processed to have an Android Things. This is a light operating system that can be used on smart devices. Because this kind of devices continuously connect with each other, is also referred to as ‘internet-of-things’.
Android Things, which is basically the new name of Project Brillo, but you would (like Google does) almost can speak of a completely new project. There are a lot of changes have been made and Google has ensured that developers who are already with Android work faster to get started with Android Things. This can include made use of the same development environment as that used to develop Android apps, Android Studio. Also developers will get access to Google Play services and the Google Cloud Platform.
Android Things to try
The version of Android Things that Google today release, is intended as a preview for developers. Developers who want to get started with the new platform, not so much. When you have the latest version of Android Studio, can you direct a Android Things project to create.
Google supports in the first instance, a number of hardware ontwikkelingskits, including the Raspberry Pi 3, Intel Edison and NXP Pico. All supported hardware can be found here. More information about the preview of Android Things for developers can be found here.
It is intended that in the coming months a new update release of the developer preview, so this is complete. So will Google provide infrastructure that makes it possible to in a safe manner, operating system updates, security enhancements, and own updates to devices. In addition, get Android Things also built-in support for the protocol applying the Weave.
Update for Weave
Because smart devices well once with each other and with user interfaces must communicate to be useful, there must be a good standard for this communication. Android Things will Weave it for use.
Weave is originally came from the Nest. This is, just as Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, and at the time that this development began, was the Nest, a direct subsidiary of Google. Nest Weave is used for the communication between the Nest thermostat and smart smoke detectors from the company. The Weave versions of Nest and Google are not quite equal, but in the short term completely merged.
At this time supports Weave smart light bulbs, smart plugs and switches, and thermostats. Google promises that in the coming months, also other types of devices are added to the list of supported products. That means, presumably, that the smoke alarms from Nest can communicate with other Weave-devices. In addition, there will also be a way to Weave devices easy to control via Android and iOS apps.
There are already different manufacturers which Weave to use. The main ones are Philips (Hue) and Samsung (SmartThings). In addition, other large smarthome-manufacturers engaged in the implementation of Weave support, such as Belkin WeMo, LiFX, Honeywell, Wink, TP-Link and First Alert.
It has a good amount of time lasted, but it seems that next year we finally the first products that make use of the Android-based operating system for smarthome-products Android Things and it is easy for different devices to communicate with one another via applying the Weave.
Source: Android Developers
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