The Android operating system is a step closer to being embedded in consumer electronics, after the company behind the Mips processor architecture open sourced the code for its Android port. Mips ...

VIA Technologies is launching a pico-ITX board to boost high quality embedded graphics on Android. Powered by a 1.0GHz dual core VIA Elite E1000 Cortex-A9 SoC, the VIA VAB-1000 launched at Embedded ...

Imagine this: The company you work for has just invested tons of money on a custom Linux OS for a fleet of touch-screen devices because hardware driver support for that device didn’t exist. In ...

93% of developers looking to use Android in embedded apps Industrial automation the main use case Challenges in lack of decent input/output support There’s a revealing survey from Taiwan-based VIA ...

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In most embedded systems, C and C++ languages are commonly used as effective languages to control devices. In contrast, in embedded systems operated via the Android platform, developers should create ...

Manhasset, NY – Android for embedded is ready, but not for everyone. That was the conclusion at last week’s ESC Chicago where a panel of experts laid out Google Android's pros and cons before audience ...

General Motors will use Google’s new Android Automotive OS to power the infotainment systems in its cars starting in 2021, the two companies announced on Thursday. That means Google Assistant, Maps, ...