This is not much of a surprise since it is a well-know fact that Google uses Ubuntu (albeit with modifications) in their campuses. Not only that, it was confirmed by Canonical themselves last year that Google is a paying customer of Ubuntu Advantage program.

For those who are wondering, Project Tango is Google's attempt at creating mobile devices with a human-scale understanding of space and motion. See Google's Project Tango intro video below (skip to 2:07 to watch the Ubuntu reference).







