Project, codenamed Yeti, has been in works for some time now and was expected to be launched back in 2017, but has gone through series of rethinking ever since.Google recently hired a former Microsoft and Sony veteran, Phil Harrison to oversee the project.It's the same part that in Android devices is fairly accessible and it allows custom Android ROM's to be installed.
Especially after the Snowden leaks everyone has been more interested of encrypted messaging and secure web traffic.Motherboard reports that part of i OS source code found its way to Git Hub, a hosting service for git version control often used for source code.This part, called i Boot, is the one responsible for starting up the device before the user has any control over it.Reports say that originally Google had thought about extending Chromecast to allow gaming, but now also the Android-based console is in the plans.Releasing its own Android-based console would put Google directly against the Nvidia's Shield and other Android-based gaming projects.