Andy Rubin's Essential phone runs Android, according to Eric Schmidt

To be fair, we're not sure that anyone on Earth expected that the first smartphone from Andy Rubin's new venture would be anything but Android, but now we do have confirmation. Andy Rubin created the Android OS (not to mention the original Sidekick!) but eventually Rubin left Google because he wanted new adventures. After some time working on robots, Rubin's new project is a smartphone and that phone will run Android. 

Google's Eric Schmidt tweeted the confirmation that Rubin's Essential phone will run Android while linking to Rubin's tweet that teased the near bezel-less ...