Android for the “Internet of Things” in the works: Codenamed Brillo

Google’s mobile operating system, Android, has proven itself to be one of the most versatile platforms in the world. From watches to washing machines, you can find a number of devices and appliances that operate on Android in some way.

One of the perceivable barriers to Android however, is in the area of more simple connected devices (Internet of Things), such as sensors or automation pieces that do not need an elaborate architecture or large amounts of memory to run.

In its current form, Android will operate on platforms with is little as 512MB of RAM. That is about the bottom limit ...

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