IoT news of the week for Oct. 1, 2018 – Stacey on IoT | Internet of Things news and analysis
What’s inside Google’s Home Hub? This week, Google unveiled the Google Home Hub device, which has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a 7-inch display. It also updated its Google Home software to let users control smart home devices visually from both their phone and the newly launched Home Hub. At first we thought the Home Hub would run Android Things, but it turns out it’s running a version of Google’s Chromecast platform. So instead of using the IoT platform for this device, it’s running a TV platform. Is it because Google was trying to keep costs low (this is the lowest-cost Google Smart Display device out there) that it chose a chip that can’t run the full Android Things platform? (Ars Technica)