"I imagine we'll start to see more of this behavior in the future."
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this. Do you mean consumers will use/buy older Android devices for very specific tasks?
I think the exact opposite of this will happen. Your average consumer is not going to want to have multiple devices. They just want to carry their phone around and have it do everything for them.
I think he means Android will power more embedded, single purpose devices.
Your microwave currently has a home-rolled LCD+pushbutton interface. Within a few years it will be an Android powered touch device. Probably out of date before you buy it with no way to update.
But who cares, right? It's a microwave. As long as it still performs its microwave controlling functions, it doesn't matter if top new Google Play apps don't run on it.
I'm not 100% sure how realistic this is. But I have a feeling it's close.
> Your average consumer is not going to want to have multiple devices.
Your "average consumer" already does. The point is that Android in three years will be serving an even wider range of devices and household appliances.
Ah I see the disconnect. You're talking about Android running my microwave. I was thinking about consumer electronics like phones and tablets.
While I agree a lot more devices will be running a more complicated OS with increased capabilities in the I future I don't think it is a foregone conclusion that it will run Android. Android is primarily used on phones, tablets and TVs because of explicit design choices made. Perhaps they will position themselves as a generic OS for electronic devices but they have some work to do before that can happen.
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this. Do you mean consumers will use/buy older Android devices for very specific tasks?
I think the exact opposite of this will happen. Your average consumer is not going to want to have multiple devices. They just want to carry their phone around and have it do everything for them.