The system is a stripped-down version of Android that allows developers to build smart devices that could access Google services, from computer vision to speech processing. When Google released version 1.0 in May 2018, it announced support for system-on-module hardware from NXP, Qualcomm, and MediaTek. After lackluster adoption, Google announced that it would refocus the Android Things project purely on OEMs producing smart speakers and smart displays in February 2019. Android Things would become a platform for OEM partners to build devices with Google Assistant built-in, the search giant said, adding it would remove commercial support for the SoM production modules. Non-commercial IoT tinkerers could still use the company's Android Things console to develop systems on that hardware, but Google referred developers to its Cloud IoT Core and Cloud IoT Edge projects for custom hardware solutions.