Raspberry Pi 3 win official support from Google to run Android – canaltech (Blog)

For Writing | 25/05/2016 at 21h57

The third generation of the popular Raspberry Pi is about to count on another new option operational system. The small computer with architecture ARM is already currently supported by various distributions Linux and account even with a specific version of Windows 10 adapted to run without major problems.

Now is the turn of Android, one of the most popular system in the world, gain official support from Google to run on the platform. The news was confirmed when the name of the Raspberry Pi 3 appeared in the repository Android Open Source Project (AOSP, or “Open Source Project Android” in direct translation) Google.

for those not familiar, the Raspberry Pi are computers ARM composed only by a logic board, and besides being cheap, they are the size of a credit card. The main focus of the application of these mini PCs are education and the open source software . Due to its nature open source , the size and expansion possibilities, the gadget ended up falling in the taste of hackers hardware .

the Raspberry Pi 3 is for sale on the market for $ 35 (just over US $ 125, in direct conversion), and for that price the user takes home: CPU Broadcom BCM2837 ARMv8 1.2GHz 64-bit, 1 GB RAM GPU VideoCore IV, Wi-Fi 802.11n Bluetooth 4.1. If not enough, the product allows you to install other external components board. The armazenameto is via microSD card, and the video is on account of an output HDMI traditional and audio, with a 3.5mm input. To connect the rest of the peripherals, we have 4 ports USB and an Ethernet network outlet.

The repository that lists the name of Raspberry Pi 3 usually only shows the name of the line devices Nexus, so the surprise when the mini name PC came there. The official Google support shows the admiration and the importance that the device has the company. Besides the importance of support, the measure will provide access to more than 1.5 million applications available for the mobile system of Google through the Google Play Store.

The possibilities are almost endless. Soon, can we see a Pi 3 modified to run Android TV? Or maybe running some version of the popular system Remix OS? For now, the official repository is still empty. But soon, developers began to fill it with codes

Via:. Ars Technica