Google Chromebit could potentially lead the way to a Google-branded cross-device platform to support the Internet of things, with Bluetooth and WiFi managing Internet connections. Android hardware
manufacturers like Samsung and Sony have their own solutions for platform management, but they generally support the enterprise market, not consumers. Juniper analysts believe this could go either way
for Google. Chromebit could either give a warm and fuzzy feeling about the adoption of smart homes -- or it could cause a fragmentation, one barrier to home-automation adoption.
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