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Google's Fuchsia OS makes its long-awaited debut on the Nest Hub
Google's Fuchsia OS is finally making its public appearance on the first-gen Nest Hub smart speaker. The update is rolling out now!
Googleâs puzzling Fuchsia OS is finally coming alive on a real-world device â not on a phone as many had hoped and presumed, but on a smart home product. Google is rolling out a new update to the first-gen Nest Hub, which replaces its existing operating system with Fuchsia OS.
Google proposes a way to make Fuchsia "natively" run Android and Linux apps
According to a new proposal on Fuchsia Gerrit, Fuchsia could add support for running native Android and Linux apps via a compatibiliy layer.
Fuchsia has always come across as a somewhat mysterious project ever since its inception. Google has been openly working on it since 2016, but it was only in May 2019 that the search giant ever commented on its existence, stating it's nothing more than an experiment. Unlike Android and Chrome OS, which are built on top of the Linux kernel, Fuchsia uses a new microkernel called Zircon. Google describes Fuchsia as an open-source OS that’s "secure, updatable, inclusive, and pragmatic".
Google opens a website for Fuchsia OS development
Google's Fuchsia OS is finally taking steps forward into the public eye. A new site provides instructions for how to get it set up.
Up until recently, we knew very little about Google's Fuchsia OS. First appearing on GitHub back in 2016 with no official announcement, theories quickly sprang up about what it could be. Some touted it as a replacement for Android, others as a replacement for Chrome OS. The reality was that no one knew exactly what it was. Reading the code hinted at an OS that was intended to be run on multiple platforms, and indeed, senior vice president of Android and Chrome Hiroshi Lockheimer confirmed that this was the case at Google I/O 2019.
Google finally acknowledges Fuchsia OS, says it's just an experiment
Google's not-so-secretive Fuchsia OS, long believed to be a replacement for Android and Chrome OS, is just another Google experiment.
Google's Fuchsia project has been shrouded in mystery for nearly 3 years now. It first appeared on GitHub back in August of 2016 with no official announcement or documentation. Theories quickly sprung up, with some saying it could be a replacement for Android or Chrome OS, or both.
Developers get Fuchsia running in the Android Studio Emulator
Developers r3pwn and Horus125 have managed to get Fuchsia OS up and running in the Android Studio Emulator. It's still very barebones.
Google is well-known for its Android and Chrome OS operating systems. They're used in hundreds of millions of devices worldwide. Both are famous for being open-source, meaning we know everything there is to know about them. But Google is working on a third operating system, called Fuchsia, which we know far less about. It first appeared on GitHub back in August of 2016, with no official announcement.
Huawei begins testing Fuchsia OS on the Kirin 970-based Honor Play
Huawei has started testing Google's secretive Fuchsia OS on the Honor Play and other Kirin 970-based phones, as a commit on the Fuchsia source has revealed.
Unless you've been living under a rock these past few months, you've probably heard about the Fuchsia operating system Google is currently developing. While Google has yet to speak publicly about the project, we know it is open source, and development is slowly but steadily going forward. Many speculate that, eventually, Fuchsia will replace the Android operating system completely, and possibly even Chrome OS too. However, without a word from Google, we're yet to know Fuchsia's exact purpose. While the operating system is still, in its current state, far from finished, we now know Huawei will possibly be one of the first OEMs on board the Fuchsia train, as the company is allegedly test-driving the secretive OS on the Honor Play.
Google publishes documentation explaining the Fuchsia Operating System
Google is finally starting to put together documentation on what its secretive Fuchsia Operating System is and how it works, down to explanations of its boot sequence, file systems, and Zircon microkernel.
You've probably seen mentions of the Fuchsia operating system here and there since it has been in development for almost 2 years. It's Google's not-so-secretive operating system which many speculate will eventually replace Android. We've seen it grow from a barely functional mock-up UI in an app form to a version that actually boots on existing hardware. We've seen how much importance Google places on the project as veteran Android project managers are starting to work on it. But after all of this time, we've never once had either an official announcement from Google about the project or any documentation about it—all of the information thus far has come as a result of people digging into the source code.
Google's Fuchsia is a Smartphone OS with a New UI But No Linux Kernel
Google's Fuchsia OS continues to evolve quickly, and part of it can also be experienced on Android. Read on to know more about Fuchsia and Armadillo!
As is customary with everything Google, if it exists, there must be more than one of it. Jokes aside, Google does seem very much interested in bringing up and maintaining not only Android and Chrome OS as viable and mainstream OS's, but they're also looking at bringing up yet another OS in the form of Fuchsia.