If Google’s operating system is known for anything, it’s for phones that have it installed. We have smartphones with Android in all ranges, with different configurations and variants, constituting a huge conglomeration of mobile devices. But They are not the only teams with this systemthere we have televisions with Android TV and Google TV, and even vehicles with Android Automotive.
If that still seems like a little to us, there are other types of devices that use the green robot operating system in the same way. we discovered some of the rarest Android devices, and you probably don’t know them.
Projectors, cameras and action
To start this list of rare Android devices, we find a rather unique concept. This is the Anica S6, a moving mouse
It’s the mouse with Android, the Anica S6
The second device is difficult to categorize, is it a speaker? Or is it a wooden frame camera? Well no, it’s the antithesis of motive, also created by former Apple designers. It has a screen, a Snapdragon processor and all the usual connectors. It’s called Runcible and although it’s some kind of mobile, it doesn’t have speakers.
No less strange is the BMW phone key, manufactured by the famous automotive brand. Yes, it is partly a mobile but its main function is to open the car, so we could say that they are keys with a screen and the Android operating system.
Car keys? Or an Android phone?
If there is a strange Android device beyond power, it is the hybrid between smartwatch and mobile. His name is Nubia Alpha and he has a flexible screen, as well as a modified version of Android. This panel flips our wrist and is one of the rarest Android devices.
ZTE also had something to contribute to this list, especially its Android projector, the ZTE Spro 2 that we reviewed a few years ago. Snapdragon 800, Android Kit Kat and support for video of the project in 720p.
The field of handheld consoles has also had a taste of Android, with examples like the GPD XP, a video game console which has not had much success but which has the rarity of being modular.
Likewise, digital cameras have had a happy time merging with smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom, a camera behind and a mobile in front. It already had an AMOLED panel and Android 4.2, but as a phone it wasn’t very powerful.
We’ve seen Android devices we never imagined, with different shapes and apps
Strange was also, at least in form, the Ouya. An Android console that raised over $8 million in its funding but which ended up being forgotten as one of the most curious Android devices. The Sony smartwatch was also not too common, the model cataloged as Smartwatch 3, a kind of fusion between smartband and smartwatch.
As we can see, the wide range of Android devices has left us with more than curious proposals. Over time, different manufacturers have dared to launch different solutionsalthough few achieved commercial success. Anyway, long live Android.
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