Google has announced that Android Things, a heavilystripped-down Android-based operating system for Internet-of-Things (IoT)devices, will shut down early next year.
The Android Things Dashboard, which is used for managing devices,will stop accepting new devices and projects in just three weeks-on January 5,2021. Developers will be able to continue updating existing deployments untilJanuary 5, 2022, the company said in a statement.
After the given date, the console will be shut downcompletely for non-commercial use and all project data will be permanentlydeleted.
The only products that can run Android Things will be theones built on commercial hardware SoMs (system-on-modules) from vendors likeNXP, Qualcomm and MediaTek.
Google launched Android Things back in 2016 as a simpleoperating system for use on a variety of smart appliances.
The search engine giant originally wanted to create anInternet-of-Things OS where it would handle the "heavy lifting" ofmaintaining a platform so that developers could just focus on products.
(Source: IANS)