Microsoft Project Solara uses AOSP for AI-first reference devices
Microsoft unveiled Project Solara as a new chip-to-cloud platform and said it has designed two Solara reference devices built on a framework based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
- Microsoft introduced Project Solara as an AI agent-first chip-to-cloud platform.
- Microsoft designed two Solara reference devices to demonstrate the platform to other companies.
- Solara uses a framework ultimately based on AOSP, the Android Open Source Project.
Project Solara is a Microsoft hardware and software platform that the company describes as AI agent-first. The source says Microsoft is positioning Solara as a chip-to-cloud system rather than as a single end-user device.
Microsoft has designed a couple of Solara reference devices to show companies how the platform could be used in hardware products. The source does not provide the names, specifications, launch timing, or commercial availability of those reference devices.
Solara is built on a framework ultimately based on AOSP, the Android Open Source Project, which is Google's open-source base for Android. The source frames this as Microsoft using Android foundations for new AI-focused hardware rather than adapting AI to existing smartphone or audio products.
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