# Espressif December 2018 Newsletter: IoT Products, Amazon FreeRTOS, and ESP32/ESP8266 Projects

DevFeed: [Espressif December 2018 Newsletter: IoT Products, Amazon FreeRTOS, and ESP32/ESP8266 Projects](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/december-2018-13829.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.espressif.com/blog/december-2018/>)

Author: John Lee

Published: 2018-12-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog on Developer Portal](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-on-developer-portal.md>)

Topics: [Internet of things](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/iot.md>), [ESP32](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp32.md>), [Microcontroller](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microcontroller.md>), [Espressif](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/espressif.md>), [ESP8266](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp8266.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

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## AI overview

Espressif's December 2018 newsletter discusses challenges in developing smaller IoT devices, Amazon FreeRTOS support for security, OTA updates and BLE, ESP32-based projects, low-power products, and company events and collaborations.

## Source excerpt

Welcome to our December Newsletter Hi everyone, As original equipment manufacturers work to squeeze more functionality onto cheaper and smaller IoT devices, they face a series of challenges in development and operations. This whole process results in security vulnerabilities, inefficient code, compatibility issues and unclear licensing.