Android Things
E697191
Android Things is a now-discontinued Google Android-based platform designed for building and managing Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Android Things canonical | 8 |
| Android Things Console | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7933526 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Android Things Context triple: [Brillo, replacedBy, Android Things]
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A.
SmartThings
SmartThings is a smart home platform that connects and controls a wide range of compatible devices through a unified app and ecosystem.
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B.
Android SDK
Android SDK is a collection of development tools, libraries, and APIs that enables developers to build, test, and debug applications for the Android operating system.
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C.
Google TV
Google TV was a smart TV platform developed by Google that integrated the Android operating system and the Chrome browser to bring web content, apps, and traditional television together on connected TVs and set-top boxes.
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D.
Android
Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, widely used on smartphones, tablets, and other smart devices around the world.
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E.
Chromebit
Chromebit is a compact HDMI stick device by Google and ASUS that turns any compatible display into a ChromeOS-based computer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Android Things Target entity description: Android Things is a now-discontinued Google Android-based platform designed for building and managing Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
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A.
SmartThings
SmartThings is a smart home platform that connects and controls a wide range of compatible devices through a unified app and ecosystem.
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B.
Android SDK
Android SDK is a collection of development tools, libraries, and APIs that enables developers to build, test, and debug applications for the Android operating system.
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C.
Google TV
Google TV was a smart TV platform developed by Google that integrated the Android operating system and the Chrome browser to bring web content, apps, and traditional television together on connected TVs and set-top boxes.
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D.
Android
Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, widely used on smartphones, tablets, and other smart devices around the world.
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E.
Chromebit
Chromebit is a compact HDMI stick device by Google and ASUS that turns any compatible display into a ChromeOS-based computer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Google product
ⓘ
Internet of Things platform ⓘ embedded operating system ⓘ |
| announcedAt | Google I/O 2015 ⓘ |
| announcedBy | Google ⓘ |
| announcementDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| architecture |
ARM
ⓘ
MIPS ⓘ x86 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Android ⓘ |
| category | Internet of Things ⓘ |
| codename | Brillo ⓘ |
| consoleStatus | shut down ⓘ |
| developedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| discontinuationAnnounced | 2020 ⓘ |
| discontinued | true ⓘ |
| endOfConsoleSupportDate | 2022-01-05 ⓘ |
| endOfSupportDate | 2022-01-05 ⓘ |
| feature |
Google Cloud integration
ⓘ
device management console ⓘ over-the-air updates ⓘ support for Google Assistant integration ⓘ |
| kernel | Linux kernel ⓘ |
| kernelType | monolithic kernel ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily | Android ⓘ |
| previousName | Brillo ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
Java
ⓘ
Kotlin ⓘ |
| publicPreview | 2016 ⓘ |
| rebrandedAs | Android Things ⓘ |
| stableRelease | 1.0 ⓘ |
| stableReleaseDate | 2018 ⓘ |
| supportedBoard |
Intel Edison
ⓘ
linked to:
Intel Edison module
NXP i.MX6UL ⓘ
linked to:
i.MX application processors
NXP i.MX7D ⓘ
linked to:
i.MX application processors
Raspberry Pi 3 ⓘ
linked to:
Raspberry Pi
|
| supports |
Android Studio
ⓘ
Android Things Console ⓘ
linked to:
Android Things
Google Play services for IoT ⓘ
linked to:
Google Play Services
Weave protocol ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
Internet of Things devices
ⓘ
embedded devices ⓘ |
| useCase |
connected appliances
ⓘ
industrial IoT devices ⓘ smart home devices ⓘ |
| website | https://developer.android.com/things ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Android Things Description of subject: Android Things is a now-discontinued Google Android-based platform designed for building and managing Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Android Things