Google seemingly started working on Fuchsia back in 2016 and in 2019, it was described as one of the company's experiments around new operating system concepts. The first-generation Nest Hub became the first device toGoogle apparently wants devices running Fuchsia to be able to run apps from other platforms such as Android and Linux. This will theoretically allow Fuchsia to replace other operating systems one day.
We have already heard rumors that Google may have thought about migrating Android and Chrome devices, including its Pixel phones, to Fuchsia, and even Samsung is contributing to its development. A couple of reports have also indicated that future Samsung phones mayGoogle had initially tried running Android using a virtual machine on Fuchsia devices, but that wasn't necessarily the most efficient way as virtual machines could cause stability issues.
To create a more direct relationship, the company created a project called device/google/fuchsia in public Android code in 2019 that would create builds of the Android Runtime designed for devices running Fuchsia. Work on the project stopped in early 2021 and this week, allThat code has been replaced with a"TODO" message, which indicates that Google might be working on a replacement.
The Starnix team currently seems to be working on making Fuchsia compatible with Android and its applications. All of this seems to suggest that Google is actively working to bring Fuchsia to more devices.Get the most important news, reviews and deals in mobile tech delivered straight to your inbox
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