Google has began an invite program for their Brillo/Weave IoT project, which they announced earlier this year at Google I/O:

Brillo:

“Since May, we’ve opened up the Brillo operating system (OS) and Weave communication platform to early access partners. Today, we’re extending this to the broader developer community as part of our invite program. Read on to find out how you can receive an invitation. Brillo brings the simplicity and speed of software development to hardware by offering you a lightweight embedded OS based on Android, core services, a developer kit, and a developer console. You can choose from a variety of hardware capabilities and customization options, quickly move from prototype to production, and manage at scale with over the air (OTA) updates, metrics, and crash reporting.”

Weave:

“Once you’ve built your connected device, you’ll need to find a way for it to communicate with other devices and allow users to interact with it. That’s where Weave comes in. With Weave, you can build interoperable communications directly into your devices. Weave provides a messaging service that enables phones and devices to talk to each other locally and remotely through the cloud. The Weave cloud server handles remote communication and access to your web-connected device, safely and at scale. With Weave you also get a set of services to securely set up the device and provide controlled access. Additionally, Weave works seamlessly with, and is actually built right into, Brillo; but, you can also use Weave libraries with your existing Linux-based OS.”

Intel already has their Edison board ready for Brillo:

http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2015/10/27/intel-edison-module-offers-brillo-support-at-launch
https://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2015/10/27/intel-edison-board-and-brillo

“The Intel Edison compute module is one of the first platforms to support Brillo, which Google released source code for today via an invitation program. Newegg will be offering a Brillo-compliant solution built upon the Intel Edison kit for Arduino. Intel expects to support Brillo on additional SoCs (system-on-chip) and IoT maker boards in the future.”

More Information:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2015/10/29/google-brillo-vs-apple-homekit-the-battleground-shifts-to-iot/
http://liliputing.com/2015/10/google-launches-android-based-brillo-os-for-internet-of-things.html
http://www.androidauthority.com/imaginations-new-ci40-creator-iot-board-will-run-brillo-from-google-651920/

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