Google announces Brillo, an operating system for the Internet of Things

Google is rejoining the Internet of Things platform wars. Today at its I/O conference, the company announced Brillo, the "underlying operating system for the internet of things," with a developer preview coming in Q3 of this year. Brillo is "derived" from Android but "polished" to just the lower levels. It supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy, and other Android things.

Additionally there's Weave, the (cross platform) common language that will let Brillo devices, phones, and the internet all talk to one another — that's coming in Q4. Android devices will auto-detect Brillo and Weave devices. Here's a helpful chart to explain the relation — plus some code, because after all it is Google I/O