The Raspberry Pi 3 is a cheap and small computer that has gained widespread support from the developer and maker community. In a move that will make it even more popular, it seems that Google is soon going to make it a device that will receive support under the open-source Android operating system.
The Raspberry Pi is one of the most used boards by hackers around the world. It is used to build a variety of interesting projects ranging from home automation systems to Wi-Fi drone killing guns.
Making it more efficient and useful, Google is preparing to bring official Android for the Raspberry Pi 3. The tech giant is trying to make it a fully supported platform under the open source Android project.
This was first spotted by Android Police, in the form of a new repository added to Google Git.
Looking at this change, one could easily conclude that Google has created a code repo for the Raspberry Pi 3 within the same directory where it stores generic source code.
Just as the Raspberry Pi is built to uphold open source, most of the operating systems available for the single board computer are open source and Linux-based. So Google's move to officially support Android makes perfect sense.
Android Police speculates that Google could also be working on getting Android support to interface with the Pi, rather than making Android officially supported on the RPi 3.
In simpler terms, Google wants to offer support for Android devices that will be able to access a Raspberry Pi and run Raspbian or other operating systems.
This public repo was created about 5 weeks ago, but no code has been added yet. So, we may have to wait a little longer before Google brings official Android support to the Raspberry Pi 3.
