🔥[ Updates ] Android Things

New Products At CES

Ngesa Marvin 10x
IoT/5G Extreme Ideas Lab
2 min readJan 8, 2018

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Here are some of the really cool AndroidThings updates and happenings at CES this year!

1.The Long Term Support release for Android Things will be available this year. Android Things is currently in Developer Preview, and you can get started with the latest version DP6.1. You can use the Android Things Console to download system images and flash existing devices. More details coming soon. 🔥 🔥

I mentioned this in my End year review. Read more here ↓

2.Google Assistant is coming to smart displays powered by Android Things. These new devices have the Assistant and Cast built in, and with the added benefit of a touch screen, they can help you see and do more. Smart displays from JBL, Lenovo, LG (all based on the Qualcomm SD624 Home Hub Platform)

3. Google Assistant is coming to smart displays powered by Android Things. These new devices have the Assistant and Cast built in, and with the added benefit of a touch screen, they can help you see and do more. Smart displays from JBL, Lenovo, LG (all based on the Qualcomm SD624 Home Hub Platform) and Sony (based on the MediaTek MT8173 SoM) will be available later this year.

Feedback about DP 6.1 can be given by filing bug reports and feature requests, as well as on Stack Overflow or our Google’s IoT Developers Community.

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Ngesa Marvin 10x
IoT/5G Extreme Ideas Lab

Electronic Engineer. Engineering Manager. AI Innovator, Intel. Grew @LiquidInTech, Deep Learning Abantu. Wabi -Sabi. #AI #Cloud #5G Freak. Opinions are my own