Friday, February 10, 2017

Google brings second developer preview for Android Things … – Tweakers

Google has released the second developer preview released its Android Things platform, as the operating system for iot devices. In this version include support for Google’s TensorFlow. That is a software library for self-learning systems.

Android thingsIn the announcement of the preview says that in addition to new features, bug fixes are part of the new release. One of the features of Android Things is the use of TensorFlow. To do this, the company has a sample released, on the basis of which it is possible to display an image by the system to recognize. After the image is recognized, the system can by means of text-to-speech to announce what the recognized object is.

another new feature is support for usb audio for the Intel Edison and Raspberry Pi 3. Support for bluetooth, however, have to wait for, according to Google. With the new release is Android Things can now also be used on the Intel Joule, and there is support added for user drivers, who are on a special page.

Google introduced Android Things in december as an evolution of the existing operating system, Brillo. The advantage of that version is that developers can make use of the well-known Android tools such as Android Studio, the Google Cloud Platform, Google Play Services and the Android sdk. Android Things is in addition to the above-mentioned devices can also be used on a NXP Pico.

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