Thanks for sharing this Anne. Really interesting. We should dig further after Brazil's research.

On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 5:59 AM, Anne Gomez <agomez@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Haven't had a chance to dig too much, but it looks like it's basically an "Android Lite" to serve lower cost, lower bandwidth devices better with an optimized experience and Play store. 

http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/mobile-tabs/google-io-2017-android-go-is-a-light-version-of-android-o-optimised-for-entry-level-smartphones/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/android-go-will-strip-android-down-for-ultra-low-budget-phones/

And here's a guide for building apps for all environments: https://developers.google.com/billions/

I'll dig in more after this research sprint to roll up some of their findings, but wanted to share.

Anne

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