For Google (as well as for Android fans), this year 2016 will not be like the previous ones, and it promises to be marked in the collective memory. It is not only that those from Mountain View are going to put an end to the Nexus name and prepare a terminal with much greater customization and specific functions, everything indicates that it will also be revealed Andromeda, a leap with which the firm hopes to unify mobile and desktop experience, consolidating a line already visible in recent years.
A few weeks ago we had the first news about Andromeda. There was talk of a system under which they are united Chrome OS y Android to deliver an integrated experience, in the style Windows 10. Several indications found in the last hours have been almost confirmed by a tweet from the vice president of Android, Hiroshi Lockheimer, who has predicted that the date of October 4 will be remembered in 8 years, as we now remember that moment in which it introduced the operating system most popular on the planet.
https://twitter.com/lockheimer/status/779757830203068416
What we know for now about Andromeda
The data that are handled in this regard are at the moment quite limited, and in most cases they have to be taken with a grain of salt. As we say, it is only known with certainty that this system will erase part of the current distinction between (tablet / smartphone) and desk. The fact that Chromebooks start running Android applications at the same time that the system designed for light computers begins to support a function multi-window they are only glimpses of what is yet to be seen.
Of course, it seems, Andromeda will not be ready to reach the general public until the year 2017, despite the fact that its presentation can take place in just one week. Still, we hope to see some significant advancement during the Google event, in which we will meet the next Pixels, and who knows if any public beta as happened with Nougat.
Andromeda is tested on the Nexus 9
For the rest, we can say that Google is using its tablet launched a couple of years ago to test the functioning of Andromeda. On the other hand, that does not automatically mean that the Nexus 9 is going to update or be some equipment that the new system reaches, rather it is foreseeable that the search engine company will end up putting aside this device, which never managed to comply with expectations, as soon as the support cycle self-imposed.
The Nexus 9 will not have the high graphics capabilities of Android 7.0 Nougat
Either way, the graphical power it brings to the Nexus 9 processor Tegra K1 makes it an optimal support in the eyes of Google to test the performance of Andromeda. It only remains to wait until October 4 to see what is left of everything.