As an embedded linux developer, what Android brings is an unified UI(after all those x-windows variants plus Qt GUI). As long as the below list remains to be OS

As an embedded linux developer, what Android brings is an unified UI(after all those x-windows variants plus Qt GUI). As long as the below list remains to be OSS, Android can be used in many non-realtime devices that need a GUI(with/without touchscreen): * the linux kernel * the ART(java jvm) which most GUI apps depending on * base code to support the multimedia stack(video/audio) * NDK(c/c++) There are many devices can use Android for applications that have no need for google play store apps at all.