With more than 25 years of writing software, and 16 working on Android in various forms, Erik has plenty of experience to share. He lives and works as a freelanced software developer from his home in Stockholm, Sweden. When he’s not working he is unsuccessfully trying to herd his two cats or trying to figure out how to maintain his house.
Erik Hellman
Freelance software engineer
That’s not a phone…
It has been 16 years since Android was released to the public, and since then, it has become the most widely used operating system for smartphones. However, Android has also found its way into many other areas, often without any direct involvement from Google and on devices it was not originally designed for.
Let's explore some of the surprising uses of Android throughout its history and the challenges these applications faced. We will conclude with a look into the future, attempting to predict the new types of devices we can expect Android to run on and what that means for you as an Android developer.