TechCrunch has the story, and the announcement’s on Behavio’s website.

We are very excited to announce that the Behavio team is now a part of Google! At Behavio, we have always been passionate about helping people better understand the world around them. We believe that our digital experiences should be better connected with the way we experience the world, and we couldn’t be happier to be able to continue building out our vision within Google.

It’s a logical move for Google, since what Behavio was trying to do — turn smartphones into mobile sensors for the environment around them — is something best done at the device or OS layer.

Here’s our story about Behavio from last summer, when they got $355,000 in Knight money.

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