# Linux Action News 168 URL: /show/linux-action-news/168/ > Another Google project meets an untimely demise, but we find the silver lining. - Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/) - Episode: 168 - Date: 2020-12-20 - Hosts: chris, wes - Duration: 00:31:24 - Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/72d7ad52-639b-476a-8593-1476d6ef5df1.mp3 - YouTube: https://youtu.be/U5RQpXRaDIg Sponsors: - [Linode](/sponsors/linode.com-lan/index.md): Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. - [Ting](/sponsors/ting.com-lan/index.md): Save $25 off your first device, or $25 in service credit if you bring one! ### Episode Links * [Google kills Android Things, its IoT OS, in January](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/google-kills-android-things-its-iot-os-in-january/ "Google kills Android Things, its IoT OS, in January") — Google announced it had basically given up on the project as a general-purpose IoT operating system in 2019, but now there's an official shutdown date thanks to a new FAQ page detailing the demise of the OS. * [Android Things Shutdown FAQ](https://developer.android.com/things/faq "Android Things Shutdown FAQ") * [Ron Amadeo on Twitter](https://twitter.com/RonAmadeo/status/1339650780765319170 "Ron Amadeo on Twitter") — Oof, Google promised three years of updates when Android Things launched in May 2018, the actual support it delivered? One year, three months. * [Google, Qualcomm partner to bring 4 OS Android updates to new chipsets](https://www.xda-developers.com/google-qualcomm-4-android-os-updates/ "Google, Qualcomm partner to bring 4 OS Android updates to new chipsets") — The new plan is three years of major OS updates and four years of security updates. * [Qualcomm promises three years of Android updates for its entire SoC lineup](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/qualcomm-promises-three-years-of-android-updates-for-its-entire-soc-lineup/ "Qualcomm promises three years of Android updates for its entire SoC lineup") * [Google acquires CloudReady OS to make PCs Chromebooks](https://9to5google.com/2020/12/15/google-acquires-cloudready-os/ "Google acquires CloudReady OS to make PCs Chromebooks") — Neverware lets you turn old PCs and Macs into Chromebook-esque devices through its CloudReady OS. While primarily aimed at schools and enterprises, a free “Home” edition for everyone is available. Google has now acquired Neverware and CloudReady with plans to integrate it with Chrome OS. * [Native Steam (Borealis) on Chrome OS likely arriving mid-2021](https://chromeunboxed.com/native-steam-borealis-on-chrome-os-likely-arriving-mid-2021/ "Native Steam \(Borealis\) on Chrome OS likely arriving mid-2021") * [GTK 4.0 Officially Released After More Than 4 Years of Development](https://9to5linux.com/gtk-4-0-officially-released-after-more-than-4-years-of-development "GTK 4.0 Officially Released After More Than 4 Years of Development") — The GTK development officially released today the next generation of the GTK toolkit, GTK 4.0, after being in development for more than four years. * [GTK 4.0 Toolkit Officially Released](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GTK-4.0-Released "GTK 4.0 Toolkit Officially Released") * [GTK 4.0 – GTK Development Blog](https://blog.gtk.org/2020/12/16/gtk-4-0/ "GTK 4.0 – GTK Development Blog") * [Matrix.to: Reloaded](https://matrix.org/blog/2020/12/17/matrix-to-reloaded "Matrix.to: Reloaded") — A challenge we regularly face is all the factors which make Matrix flexible and powerful as an open, secure decentralised protocol also increase the difficulty of getting started. * [Matrix.to](https://www.matrix.to/ "Matrix.to") — Create shareable links to Matrix rooms, users or messages without being tied to any app * [Introducing Cerulean](https://matrix.org/blog/2020/12/18/introducing-cerulean "Introducing Cerulean") — Alongside all the normal business-as-usual Matrix stuff, we’ve found some time to do a mad science experiment over the last few weeks - to test the question: "Is it possible to build a serious Twitter-style decentralised microblogging app using Matrix?" * [Google AMP gets a shock to its system as advisor quits, lawsuit claims foul play](https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/19/google_amp_resignation "Google AMP gets a shock to its system as advisor quits, lawsuit claims foul play") — Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages technology, known as AMP among web publishers, took a beating this week as an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Attorney General of Texas charged that the ad biz used AMP to hinder competition. * [I have resigned from the Google AMP Advisory Committee – Terence Eden’s Blog](https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/12/i-have-resigned-from-the-google-amp-advisory-committee/ "I have resigned from the Google AMP Advisory Committee – Terence Eden’s Blog") — I remain convinced that AMP is poorly implemented, hostile to the interests of both users and publishers, and a proprietary & unnecessary incursion into the open web. * [AWS joins the Blender Development Fund](https://www.blender.org/press/aws-joins-the-blender-development-fund/ "AWS joins the Blender Development Fund") — AWS committed to a period of three years, specifically to support character animation tools development.