Android things: A comprehensive solution from things to smart display and speaker

Abstract

Currently, it is one of the biggest concerns of research for making the smart world to control and operate each and every device embedded in various systems through the Internet. Many IoT platforms like IBM Watson IoT platform, IoT platform provided by Amazon Web Service, Google cloud platform are commonly used by the new generation developers. Android Things is one of those platforms developed by Google, which could also be used for developing IoT-enabled systems. It is the new Operating System (OS) developed by Google for building professional IoT projects and android apps. It is thought that Android Things would be the next technological revolution, as it can open a new field of interest for android developers. Google being the technological boon of the era gives us more reliability and sustainability. In this paper, the authors prepare a detailed review report on Android Things. Though it a very trendy topic, still a very few research findings are available presently.