Andy Rubin shows off Ambient OS
 

Will be Open Source

Playground CEO Andy Rubin, whose new company Essential unveiled a new premium Android smartphone and Amazon Echo competitor.

Dubbed Ambient OS the software is a smart home platform which he says will be open sourced.

Rubin, wo co-founded Android, said he wants to apply the same open-source philosophy that made Android the most dominant mobile operating system to the smart home.

Essential’s Ambient OS is taking advantage of the fact that Android is fragmented and splintered and consumers to miss out on vital upgrades and advances.

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