By Alistair Barr
Google Inc. entered the race to connect devices to the Internet
with a new operating system and communication standard.
The new operating system, Brillo, is a stripped-down version of
Google's Android mobile operating system designed to run without
using much power from devices, said Sundar Pichai, the company's
product chief, during its developer conference on Thursday.
The communication system, called Weave, will help devices talk
to each other using a common language, so a connected door lock can
send "lock" and "unlock" signals to remote computers and other
devices such as smartphones, Mr. Pichai said. Brillo and
Weave--aimed for the so-called Internet of Things market--will be
released by the fourth quarter of 2015, he said.
Mr. Pichai said the new operating system and communication
standard should make it possible to connect devices such as parking
meters, washing machines and irrigation systems on farms to the
Internet and phones.
Executives from Google's Nest connected-home division, Android
mobile unit and Chrome Web browser business have been pulled into
the project, he said.
Write to Alistair Barr at alistair.barr@wsj.com
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