Apple Insider proves itself a fanboi site.

Apple Insider thought it'd put up a speculative post, suggesting that Google was abandoning Android.  Only problem is, the first thing they pointed to, was how Chromecast's innards was mostly Android, not Chrome OS, while stripped of Dalvik and Bionic.

Silly.

If you're abandoning Android, why put Android inside Chromecast?  Stripping Dalvik / Bionic should be fairly obvious: it's not a full-blown Android device meant to run full-blown apps by itself.  If it could do that, it'd be an Ouya, or Android on a stick.

Why then, didn't they put full blown Android on a stick?  Because their intention wasn't to bring another Android on a stick.  They were trying to find the answer of how to connect TVs / AV to the internet.  They tried it with a set top box / built-in Google TV, then they halfheartedly tried again with Nexus Q.

Personally, I think AI is upset and jealous that Chromecast is apparently a giant hit -- it's completely sold out everywhere, unless of course you don't mind paying triple or more, on eBay.  Why else push the topic of Chromecast to the top of your article and disproving your own point (about Google walking away from Android) in the first few paragraphs?

They also pointed to a perceived slowdown of Android releases, to show that Google wasn't as interested in supporting Android.

Dumb.

Firstly, AI doesn't seem to pay attention to Google IO.  At Google IO 2011, Google said that it had reached an agreement in principle with manufacturers to speed up updates to end-users, with an 18-month support window for updates -- a promise by manufacturers to update phone OSes for 18 months after they release new hardware.  At Google IO 2012, they released a Platform Development Kit to help speed those updates from manufacturers to end-users.  That's not a sign of walking away from a platform, but a sign that Google is looking to boost the fortunes of Android.

Secondly, Android manufacturers have complained about the speed of OS updates, and thus Google has (apparently) responded by delaying KLP / 5.0, even as it updated the OS last week with API 18 / Android 4.3.  Hardly a case of Google losing interest in Android.

It's all just a load of FUD.  And that's what you'd expect from a fanboi site dedicated towards spreading Apple propaganda.