Slowly but surely, Google is staking its claim on the smart home. After taking a big step with the Google Home voice assistant speaker, its latest move will fit more types of connected devices under ...

Today at its I/O developer's conference , Google officially announced its rumored Brillo, its Android-based operating system for smart home devices and the internet of things. The Information first ...

Nest is expanding its "Works with Nest" smart home platform, offering third-party device manufacturers access to the Weave wireless used in its own thermostat. Its APIs already used by over 11,000 ...

Google just announced that a hyper-efficient operating system for the internet of things: Brillo. Developed with the engineers from Nest, the new Android-based OS is designed to be very streamlined, ...

Brillo, a cut-down version of Android aimed at embedded devices, and Weave, a framework designed to compete against Apple’s HomeKit API, were among the key announcements from the Google I/O developer ...