Glass will run on Android OS

Confirmation has come from Larry Page, Chief Executive at Google, that the Google Glass will indeed be powered by the Android mobile operating system.


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Up until this point there has only been speculation about the OS, but during a first-quarter earnings call yesterday, Page confirmed the choice of operating system.

"Obviously, Glass runs on Android, so [Android] has been pretty transportable across devices, and I think that will continue," he said.

CNET says that fragmentophobes might freak out that Android is being stretched to yet another device: it's hard enough for programmers to keep up with the diversity in screen size, processor power, and operating system version for smartphones alone. But Google has a separate Glass application programming interface (API) called Mirror, meaning that programmers won't simply be writing Android apps to tap into its abilities.

If you are interested in listening to the 1+ hour conference call recording, you can find it here.