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Given FUSE is much more widely used, I suggest you explain the benefits of 9P over FUSE.

Only that I'm more familiar with FUSE as a systems administrator.

Yes, FUSE works on OS X, Android, the BSDs and Linux.

So does 9P. It's just a protocol, at the end of the day.

FUSE is actually specific to the Linux VFS subsystem. However, there have been many reimplementations on the API compatibility level, even though there is no formal standard beyond the header file, which has seen several divergences.

9p works on Linux (and therefore - hypothetically - Android) via v9fs. u9fs is also an option for non-Linux Unixen. Plan 9 From User Space isn't a figment of my imagination, last I checked.