It is now 16 years since Android was released to the public, and since then it has become the most used operating system for smartphones. But Android has also been used outside the smartphone area, and often without any involvement from Google and on devices it was not originally designed for.

Let's look at some of the surprising uses of Android throughout its history and the challenges these had. We will end with a look into the future and try to predict what kind new types of devices we can expect Android running on, and what that means for you as an Android developer.