At its I/O conference today, Google announced its entry into the Internet of Things market with a pair of offerings. First up is Brillo, an Android-derived operating system for IoT devices. Brillo is smaller and slimmer than Android, providing a kernel, hardware abstraction, connectivity, and security infrastructure. The company didn't talk technical details, so the range of systems-on-chips supported and specific hardware requirements are currently unknown; previous rumors estimated that it would go as low as 32MG or 64MB of RAM, making it a lot smaller than regular Android. A preview of Brillo should be available in the third quarter. Read 2 remaining paragraphs | Comments