Google's IoT OS "Android Things 1.0" is officially released

IoT management OS by Google "Android ThingsVersion 1.0 has been released. Together, Google will provide certified hardware, developer APIs, and secure managed software updates using Google's back-end infrastructure.

Android Developers Blog: Say Hello to Android Things 1.0
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/05/say-hello-to-android-things-10.html

For Google's IoT OS "Android Things", developers' preview version has been released so far, the number of SDK downloads exceeds 100,000, and the number of developers who fed back through the Google + community is also 10,000 He seems to be beyond people. In the meantime, by realizing long-term support of Android Things-equipped terminal, the official version of "Android Things 1.0" finally was released.

Also, in Android Things 1.0 NXP's "i.MX 8M", Qualcomm's"SDA 212"Or"SDA 624", MediaTek's"MT 8516Also announced support of System on Module (SoM) such as. All SoMs whose support has been announced are those with a 3-year long-term warranty, which has the advantage of facilitating the introduction of prototypes using these. These SoM development hardware and reference designs will be provided in the coming months.


"Raspberry Pi 3 Model B" and NXP "i.MX 7 Dual"Will continue to be supported even in the official version of Android Things 1.0, but please note that support for NXP i.MX6UL will be lost. For details on platforms supported by Android Things 1.0, please see the following page.

Supported platforms | Android Things | Android Developers
https://developer.android.com/things/hardware/


One lesson learned from Google's offering Android as a mobile-oriented OS is that "we need to strengthen the device safely over time". for that reason,OTAIt is no longer an exaggeration to say that providing software updates with modern operating systems is a matter of course. Operational hardware platforms support stability fixes and security patches and by default all devicesAutomatic updatingIt is enabled. Google provides free 3-year stability fixes and security patches, and optionally provides additional support. Also, even after three years of support period, application updates are still available.

However, if you use "Android Things Console" for software update for non-commercial purposes, it will be limited to 100 active devices. For developers shipping products running Android Things, you need to sign a sales agreement with Google to unlock the device.

Android Things Console is console software for managing applications built with Android Things.

I tried using "Android Things Console" tool which can manage software of IoT terminal - GIGAZINE


In addition, a new interface has been added to the Android Things Console to configure hardware peripherals. This new interface enables build time control of device properties such as available peripheral PIO, GPIO, I2C bus speed etc. This function will be further expanded in the future.


In order to bring Android Things-equipped devices to market, GoogleLGYaiHome,LenovoWe have been working with several companies such as. IoT products born by this will be put into the market sequentially from the summer of 2018 to the end of the summer.

Further, detailed information about Android Things 1.0 can be read from release notes.

Android Things Releases | Android Things | Android Developers
https://developer.android.com/things/versions/releases