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The Information claims that Brillo will work on devices with as little as 64MB or 32MB of RAM, and is aimed to work with such IoT devices as sensors and dongles. The Android-based OS for now is being worked upon to support connected home devices, a section that comes under Google's Nest. Some of the home devices that can fall under the reach of Brillo are smart light bulbs, door locks, sensors and more.
While the OS will probably be available for OEMs to license for their IoT devices, there is not much information on this front. The report also fails to mention how exactly Google is planning to merge both Brillo and its smart thermostat, Nest, together. Brillo may also work with Dropcam and Revolv, both of which now have been acquired by the search giant.
Google I/O 2015 is also anticipated to witness the new Android M OS, and its native support for fingerprint authentication. It is said that most of Google's apps would support the reported fingerprint authentication feature. Besides support for third-party apps, Google Chrome might also use it to let users sign-in to websites without typing the password. Google Wallet authentication and Google Play purchases can also use the feature.
Competitors aren't likely to take this news lying down. At a conference in China on Wednesday, Huawei announced LiteOS, aimed at providing the "infrastructure companies need to build out connectivity in their devices." And earlier this month, Samsung introduced the Artik line of hardware, which is aimed at unifying wearables and other smart devices with open software and Samsung hardware..
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