Google has said before that its Android operating system is not just for mobile phones, and that’s already become true as the operating system moves onto tablets. The company showed off an even more ambitious vision at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, where it announced two new device platforms — the Android Open Accessory Platform and Android at Home.

At Google I/O this week, the company introduced their new Android Open Accessory protocol as well as a new ADK. That ADK is a physical piece of hardware; a reference design based on a standard Arduino.

The open accessory platform looks like a way to control other devices using an Android phone or tablet.