diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 9b0ca34e3..889eb0073 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ dependencies {
     //implementation 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.11.1'
     implementation 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite:3.12.2'
 
+    // For UART access
+    implementation 'com.google.android.things:androidthings:1.0'
+
     // mapbox
     implementation 'com.mapbox.mapboxsdk:mapbox-android-sdk:9.1.0'
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 42cf9f729..b63ea3fb2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
         android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
         android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
 
+        <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.things" />
+
         <meta-data
             android:name="com.mixpanel.android.MPConfig.DisableViewCrawler"
             android:value="true" />
@@ -105,10 +107,10 @@
             android:exported="false" />
 
         <!-- This is a private service which just does direct communication to the radio -->
-        <!-- <service
+        <service
             android:name="com.geeksville.mesh.service.SerialInterfaceService"
             android:enabled="true"
-            android:exported="false" /> -->
+            android:exported="false" />
 
         <activity
             android:name="com.geeksville.mesh.MainActivity"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/BluetoothInterfaceService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/BluetoothInterfaceService.kt
index b03e22e59..18808b7cd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/BluetoothInterfaceService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/BluetoothInterfaceService.kt
@@ -179,26 +179,23 @@ class BluetoothInterfaceService : InterfaceService() {
 
     /// Send a packet/command out the radio link
     override fun handleSendToRadio(p: ByteArray) {
-        // Do this in the IO thread because it might take a while (and we don't care about the result code)
-        serviceScope.handledLaunch {
-            try {
-                debug("sending to radio")
-                doWrite(
-                    BTM_TORADIO_CHARACTER,
-                    p
-                ) // Do a synchronous write, so that we can then do our reads if needed
-                if (logSends) {
-                    sentPacketsLog.write(p)
-                    sentPacketsLog.flush()
-                }
-
-                if (isFirstSend) {
-                    isFirstSend = false
-                    doReadFromRadio(false)
-                }
-            } catch (ex: Exception) {
-                errormsg("Ignoring sendToRadio exception: $ex")
+        try {
+            debug("sending to radio")
+            doWrite(
+                BTM_TORADIO_CHARACTER,
+                p
+            ) // Do a synchronous write, so that we can then do our reads if needed
+            if (logSends) {
+                sentPacketsLog.write(p)
+                sentPacketsLog.flush()
             }
+
+            if (isFirstSend) {
+                isFirstSend = false
+                doReadFromRadio(false)
+            }
+        } catch (ex: Exception) {
+            errormsg("Ignoring sendToRadio exception: $ex")
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/InterfaceService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/InterfaceService.kt
index 96ecaf9a2..b0ea3ff8c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/InterfaceService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/InterfaceService.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import android.os.RemoteException
 import com.geeksville.android.BinaryLogFile
 import com.geeksville.android.Logging
 import com.geeksville.concurrent.DeferredExecution
+import com.geeksville.concurrent.handledLaunch
 import com.geeksville.mesh.IRadioInterfaceService
 import com.geeksville.util.toRemoteExceptions
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ abstract class InterfaceService : Service(), Logging {
      */
     private var isFirstSend = true
 
-    /// Send a packet/command out the radio link
+    /// Send a packet/command out the radio link, this routine can block if it needs to
     protected abstract fun handleSendToRadio(p: ByteArray)
 
     // Handle an incoming packet from the radio, broadcasts it as an android intent
@@ -168,20 +169,28 @@ abstract class InterfaceService : Service(), Logging {
     /**
      * do a synchronous write operation
      */
-    protected abstract fun doWrite(uuid: UUID, a: ByteArray)
+    protected open fun doWrite(uuid: UUID, a: ByteArray) {
+        throw NotImplementedError("Only implemented temporarily until rev1 api is removed")
+    }
 
     /**
      * do an asynchronous write operation
      * Any error responses will be ignored (other than log messages)
      */
-    protected abstract fun doAsyncWrite(uuid: UUID, a: ByteArray)
+    protected open fun doAsyncWrite(uuid: UUID, a: ByteArray) {
+        throw NotImplementedError("Only implemented temporarily until rev1 api is removed")
+    }
 
-    protected abstract fun setBondedDeviceAddress(addr: String?)
+    protected open fun setBondedDeviceAddress(addr: String?) {
+        TODO()
+    }
 
     /**
      * do a synchronous read operation
      */
-    protected abstract fun doRead(uuid: UUID): ByteArray?
+    protected open fun doRead(uuid: UUID): ByteArray? {
+        throw NotImplementedError("Only implemented temporarily until rev1 api is removed")
+    }
 
     private val binder = object : IRadioInterfaceService.Stub() {
 
@@ -189,7 +198,10 @@ abstract class InterfaceService : Service(), Logging {
             setBondedDeviceAddress(deviceAddr)
         }
 
-        override fun sendToRadio(a: ByteArray) = handleSendToRadio(a)
+        override fun sendToRadio(a: ByteArray) {
+            // Do this in the IO thread because it might take a while (and we don't care about the result code)
+            serviceScope.handledLaunch { handleSendToRadio(a) }
+        }
 
         //
         // NOTE: the following methods are all deprecated and will be removed soon
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/SerialInterfaceService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/SerialInterfaceService.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fe8b043f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/geeksville/mesh/service/SerialInterfaceService.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package com.geeksville.mesh.service
+
+import com.google.android.things.pio.PeripheralManager
+import com.google.android.things.pio.UartDevice
+import com.google.android.things.pio.UartDeviceCallback
+
+class SerialInterfaceService : InterfaceService() {
+    companion object {
+        fun findPorts(): List<String> {
+            val manager = PeripheralManager.getInstance()
+            return manager.uartDeviceList
+        }
+
+        private val START1 = 0x94.toByte()
+        private val START2 = 0xc3.toByte()
+    }
+
+    private var uart: UartDevice? = null
+
+    /** The index of the next byte we are hoping to receive */
+    private var rxPtr = 0
+
+    private val callback = object : UartDeviceCallback {
+        override fun onUartDeviceDataAvailable(p0: UartDevice): Boolean {
+
+            return uart != null // keep reading until our device goes away
+        }
+
+        override fun onUartDeviceError(uart: UartDevice, error: Int) {
+            super.onUartDeviceError(uart, error)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun handleSendToRadio(p: ByteArray) {
+        uart?.apply {
+            val header = ByteArray(4)
+            header[0] = START1
+            header[1] = START2
+            header[2] = (p.size shr 8).toByte()
+            header[3] = (p.size and 0xff).toByte()
+            write(header, header.size)
+            write(p, p.size)
+            // flush(UartDevice.FLUSH_OUT) - I don't think we need to stall for htis
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+    private fun readerLoop() {
+        val scratch = ByteArray(1)
+        var ptr = 0
+        while (true) { // FIXME wait for someone to ask us to exit, and catch continuation exception
+            uart?.apply {
+                read(scratch, 1)
+                when (ptr) {
+                    0 ->
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } */
+
+
+    override fun onCreate() {
+        super.onCreate()
+
+        val port = findPorts()[0]
+        val manager = PeripheralManager.getInstance()
+        uart = manager.openUartDevice(port)
+        uart?.apply {
+            setBaudrate(921600)
+            registerUartDeviceCallback(callback)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun onDestroy() {
+        uart?.close()
+        uart = null
+        super.onDestroy()
+    }
+}
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