In its first year, Google provided
hardware reference design to the Android One manufacturers and it looks after the software part by providing latest Android updates at least for the first two years.
The phones carry Google's
hardware reference design and will run stock android with fast automatic OS updates handled by Google itself.
Hardware reference designs and components are available to manufacturers.
IDF Shenzhen saw Intel announce that they had altered their approach — bringing to the table a turnkey approach where the firmware, drivers, software optimizations, apps and even
hardware reference designs are offered to make manufacturing as simple and non-R & D intensive as possible.
Google will provide partners with
hardware reference designs and stock Android software, allowing for automatic updates.
Not exact matches
«You could think about us building a
reference system, and then basically licensing that
reference design, have others build the
hardware around it — either it's a BlackBerry or it's something else being built on the BlackBerry platform,» he explained further.
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«The market is all over the place on OS versions of Android and device
hardware, so an online store with a Google - branded tablet could give Google a chance to establish a
reference [
design] that other vendors would have to move toward to reduce fragmentation,» Gold said.
Even the Nexus phones were behind the veil, little more than
reference designs with
hardware that was mostly determined by a third party before Google made tweaks here and there.
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designed for personal computers, the animation has to be smooth (taking no more than 33 ms for each subtest on
reference hardware equivalent to a top - of - the - line Apple laptop) as well, [8] though slower performance on a slow device does not imply non-conformance.
Is this the beginning of Microsoft
Hardware company or just a continuation and move towards Xbox model or just a
reference design for OEMs?
Google would release a new Android
hardware and software
reference platform, thus eliminating the need for domestic brands to invest in
design, research and finding the right components.
Amazon provides you with options for how to connect with our APIs and build Alexa - enabled products, whether with development tools like the AVS Device SDK and
hardware reference solutions, or through AVS Solution Providers including Systems Integrators and Original
Design Manufacturers.
The company also said it would release
reference designs for a Daydream headset and controller that
hardware partners could use.
The two firms are cooking up a
reference design for smart speakers, effectively a blueprint for the various
hardware elements a successful Echo - like unit would include.
Speaking of
hardware, the General Mobile 4G is one of the few Android One handsets that doesn't just stick to Google's MediaTek - powered
reference design.
The
hardware will be based on a
reference design made by Google and chipset Qualcomm.