Intel-owned company called Wind River brings overlapping App Windows To Android. This framework includes an implementation of an Android windowing system, which offers a more desktop-like approach to multitasking with overlapping windows. Such functionality could be useful on devices with larger form factors or more precise input mechanisms.
This new framework also includes a "hyper boot" improvement that reduces Android boot time. The connectivity module includes DLNA and SyncML frameworks, which can be used to enhance synchronization functionality and add media streaming support to the Android platform. The medical module includes an implementation of the Bluetooth Health Device Protocol and frameworks for interoperating with medical equipment. Wind River says that the components in its modules represent Android expertise that the company accumulated while providing Android-related services to partners like Clarion and Fujitsu.
