There is also a confirmation
from devs that Fuchsia is
not merely a toy thing at
Google. If we had to
speculate, we'd say Google
has a specific goal in mind
for Fuchsia that it's keeping
totally secret for now (or at
least until it's more real and
can be made official). On
the other hand, maybe
Google's just tinkering
around or future-proofing
with Fuchsia.
Google Fuchsia:
replace Android?
Will
it
Possibly. Android is riddled
with issues that Google has
yet to address. First, there's
fragmentation caused by
hundreds
of
different
devices from dozens of
manufacturers
using
different, tweaked versions
of Android rather than the
latest,
purest
version.
Second, there's an update
problem. Google has an
annual release schedule for
Android updates, but it
takes about four years for
an update to fully flood the
ecosystem.
Although many of these
problems are related to
Android being open source
- which means Google gives
it to OEMs and carriers and
lets them tinker with it and
load it onto random
hardware,
resulting
in
fragmentation, as Google
can't then decide to push
Android direct to these
devices if any modifications
and tinkering has been
done - another problem is
that Android is based on
Linux.
Linux is dogged by many
legal
issues
-
and
subsequent licensing fees
from Android hardware
OEMs eat away at profit
margins. The Linux kernel
was also not originally
designed for smartphones
and IoT devices, and yet the
kernel's been completely
tweaked and loaded onto
those devices, creating a
prime environment for
bugs and vulnerabilities
and security issues to grow.
A new operating system
and platform would solve
all these issues. It wouldn't
be shackled by pricey
patent licensing deals. It
would be safer, built, and
optimized for today. It
could also be modular and
be truly unified, meaning it
would work across many
devices. Google could even
begin licensing it to
hardware
developers,
solving those fragmentation
and update problems. But,
again, who knows.
Google Fuchsia: What about
Andromeda?
Google was reportedly once
working on a Pixel laptop that
would merge Android and
Chrome OS. That device was
codenamed Andromeda.
Instead,
Google
announced support for
Android apps on Chrome
OS, rather than an
entirely new operating
system.
Now,
some
people and reports are
speculating that Fuchsia
could be a successor to
the Andromeda project
that never came to
fruition.
Google Fuchsia:
else could it be?
What
Hacker News users have
suggested Fuchsia could
be
designed
for
augmented
reality
interfaces.
Google Fuchsia: Are there
any other clues?
Nope. But the top of
Fuchsia's GitHub page
does say "Pink + Purple
== Fuchsia (a new
Operating System)".
Google Fuchsia: Why is the
code public?
As for why the project/code is
out in the public and thus was
able to be discovered in such
a low-key manner, Brian
Swetland, one of Fuchsia's
listed developers, reportedly
explained: "The decision was
made to build it open source,
so might as well start there
from the beginning."
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