A new report from The Information claims several changes have occurred inside Google’s walls involving the Android@Home project. That project has been trying to put together a marketable consumer entertainment device, rather unsuccessfully thus far. The closest the team got was the Nexus Q, which was scuttled after negative reviews. The most recent effort was a Nexus TV, also known as the ADT-1 Android TV developer reference platform.
The ADT-1 hardware was recently handed out at Google I/O and mailed to others who requested one. The ADT-1 was based on a project that had been known internally as the Nexus TV. The hardware that Google recently shared as the ADT-1 is supposed to serve as reference hardware for other manufacturers wanting to produce Android TV hardware. It can also be used by software developers to test their apps.
Reports indicate that Joe Britt, the head of the Android@Home team, has departed Google. It is not clear on what terms Britt’s departure occurred. The sources report that Scott Bartlett, a key architect of Google’ Nexus hardware, also left. With these departures, most of the Android@Home team has apparently been re-assigned to the Chromecast team.
For now, the future of Google’s Android@Home project is murky at best. The ADT-1 was supposed to be a platform for movies, TV, gaming and apps on a television. With the team seemingly moving on, both internally and externally, and Google focused on other, non-entertainment related consumer projects like Nest and Dropcam, it may be up to other companies to fill the hole left by the Android@Home team.
source: The Information
via: Android Police
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