How to install Android Things using Windows

At the beginning we will cover how to install Android Things on Raspberry Pi 3 using a Windows PC:

Download the Android Things image from this link: h t t p s ://d e v e l o p e r .a n d r o i d .c o m /t h i n g s /p r e v i e w /d o w n l o a d .h t m l. Select the right image; in this case, you have to choose the Raspberry Pi image.
Accept the license and wait until the download is completed.
Once the download is complete, extract the ZIP file.
To install the image on the SD card, there is a great application called Win32 Disk Imager that works perfectly. It is free and you can download it from SourceForge at: h t t p s ://s o u r c e f o r g e .n e t /p r o j e c t s /w i n 32d i s k i m a g e r /. At the time of writing, the application version is 0.9.5.
After you have downloaded it, you have to run the installation executable as Administrator. Now you are ready to burn the image into the SD card.
Insert the SD card into your PC.
Select the image you have unzipped in step 3 and be sure to select the right disk name (your SD). At the end, click on Write.

You are done! The image is installed on the SD card and we can now start Raspberry Pi.