Android P will allow Android Things devices and Chromecasts
to have their volume levels synchronized using a public application programming
interface (API), a new commit discovered in the Chromium Gerrit repository
suggests. The current version of the service relies on an Android Things API
and is still in a highly experimental phase of development, though its creator
indicated that the tool will become public once an Android P-based version of
Android Things is out at some point next year. The feature itself is presumably
one of many that Google’s engineers are currently developing in an effort to
make Android Things as intuitive as possible, allowing the embedded OS to grow
into a full-fledged Internet of Things ecosystem.
Android P will allow Android Things devices and Chromecasts
to have their volume levels synchronized using a public application programming
interface (API), a new commit discovered in the Chromium Gerrit repository
suggests. The current version of the service relies on an Android Things API and
is still in a highly experimental phase of development, though its creator
indicated that the tool will become public once an Android P-based version of
Android Things is out at some point next year. The feature itself is presumably
one of many that Google’s engineers are currently developing in an effort to
make Android Things as intuitive as possible, allowing the embedded OS to grow
into a full-fledged Internet of Things ecosystem.
Android Things was officially announced in late 2016 as a
rebranding of Brillo, an IoT platform
debuted by Google in mid-2015. The
operating system was specifically designed for embedded devices which don’t
boast high-end hardware specifications and is meant to be used for growing the
company’s IoT ecosystem centered around compatibility with Android. The
Mountain View, California-based tech giant already released five developer
previews of Android Things and the platform is expected to officially launch as
a stable service come next year, which is also when its first commercial
applications should be announced. The latest experimental version of the OS is
based on Android 8.0 Oreo, with a transition to Android P being expected by
mid-2018.
