> android and co is a part of the embedded trashfire of course I don't consider e.g. Android phones to be embedded. A smartphone is much more like a small lap

> android and co is a part of the embedded trashfire of course I don't consider e.g. Android phones to be embedded. A smartphone is much more like a small laptop. That being said, there is a sliding scale; e.g. car infotainment systems have properties of both embedded and non-embedded software.