The Android Things squad has been working closely alongside our partners to practise compelling, secure in addition to thoughtful IoT products. During the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) inward Las Vegas, a number of our OEM partners are announcing their showtime educate of products powered past times Android Things. These products are built on certified Android Things System-on-Modules (SoMs) from our silicon partners, practise goodness from regular characteristic in addition to safety updates from Google, in addition to convey the Google Assistant in addition to Google Cast seamlessly built in.
New voice-activated speakers powered past times Android Things are existence announced at CES, including the LG ThinQ WK7 in addition to iHome iGV1. Turnkey hardware solutions based on the Qualcomm SD212 Home Hub Platform, MediaTek MT8516 in addition to Rockchip RK3229 SoM are certified for the Assistant in addition to Cast, in addition to NXP i.MX 8M is coming soon. Three of our Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) partners, Tymphany, Goertek, in addition to Tonly, convey created total speaker reference designs based on these SoMs to farther bring down evolution toll in addition to time-to-market.
Today, nosotros likewise announced that the Google Assistant is coming to smart displays powered past times Android Things. These novel devices convey the Assistant in addition to Cast built in, in addition to alongside the added practise goodness of a affect screen, they tin laissez passer on the sack assist you lot encounter in addition to practise more. Smart displays from JBL, Lenovo, LG (all based on the Qualcomm SD624 Home Hub Platform) in addition to Sony (based on the MediaTek MT8173 SoM) volition move available subsequently this year.
Of course, Android Things is designed to back upward a broad diversity of devices beyond speakers in addition to smart displays. Prototype demos tin laissez passer on the sack move establish inward the NXP booth, such equally HandBot, DrawBot, 3D printer, in addition to AI artwork T-shirts.
Starting tomorrow, you lot tin laissez passer on the sack see the Google Assistant Playground (booth CP-21) at CES to thought novel products, chipsets, in addition to reference designs past times our partners. In addition, these devices are likewise available for display inward other companionship spaces throughout the conference, including Lenovo, LG, JBL, Qualcomm, MediaTek, NXP, Rockchip, iHome, Goertek, in addition to Tymphany.
Android Things is currently inward Developer Preview, in addition to you lot tin laissez passer on the sack instruct started alongside the latest version DP6.1. You tin laissez passer on the sack purpose the Android Things Console to download arrangement images in addition to flash existing devices. Feedback tin laissez passer on the sack move given past times filing bug reports in addition to feature requests, equally good equally on Stack Overflow or our Google's IoT Developers Community. The Long Term Support liberate volition move available this year, alongside to a greater extent than details coming soon.
