Looks like Google is shifting focus to those low-end power devices
such as smart light bulbs or security cameras which come with as little
as 64MB or 32MB worth of RAM. The company is reportedly working on a new
software, under the Android brand, as the group developing the software
is linked to the company’s Android unit.
According to a report by The Information,
Google is developing a new OS nicknamed Brillo which will specially be
for low-power devices aka Internet of Things (IoT) devices. As there has
been an increase in the number of smart-household technology, this move
by Google could prove beneficial. The report pointed out that this
technology from Google could make it easier for the companies to
manufacture smart home appliances such as smart fridges, light bulbs and
more.
Another reason why the new Brillo OS makes sense for Google is the
fact that it owns NestLabs, the company that makes smart thermostats,
smoke alarms and security cameras for the home, which are all at the end
of the day, ‘smart’ home appliances. If most smart home devices run on
the Brillo OS, this would give a gateway to Google to a large number of
information about a user’s daily routine as the time they go to sleep,
or use their oven as well.
A report by Engadget
points out that the new OS will not only free OEMs from having to
design their own IoT communications schemes but it will also position
Google as the ‘invisible backbone of tomorrow’s smart home’. Google
could introduce the new Brillo OS at the I/O developers conference which starts in San Francisco on May 28.
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