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Huawei Collaborated with the Developers of Phoenix OS for the Mate 10's Easy Projection Feature
We discovered that the Huawei Mate 10 Easy Projection feature, which lets users run a desktop-like OS when connected to a monitor, is based on Phoenix OS.
Though the company has virtually no presence in the United States, Huawei is a top 3 smartphone manufacturer in the world. Its subsidiary, Honor, aims to penetrate the Indian market with budget smartphones. Elsewhere, Huawei recently launched the Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro in several markets around the world, and rumors have it the device will launch in the United States as well. Apart from the AI features powered by the company's HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC, one of the company's most publicized features is Easy Projection. While not as powerful as Samsung DeX, it brings a desktop OS-like experience without needing to purchase an expensive accessory. Huawei is pushing the feature on its flagship devices, though there's something about Easy Projection that hasn't really been mentioned in the press yet. Behind Huawei's Easy Projection feature is a relatively unheard of player—Beijing Chaozhuo Technology, developers of Phoenix OS.
Petition Asks the Developers of Phoenix OS to Open Source the Kernel
An online petition has been created by the community in hopes of convincing the developers behind Phoenix OS to open source the kernel.
Android is mainly considered an open source mobile operating system, but there are a number of closed source elements that hundreds of millions of people use every day. The actual requirements of Android is that the kernel be open sourced for the public. This is enforced by the GPL but sadly this is one of those gray areas where someone actually needs to take legal action to enforce it. Some companies have violated this time and time again, and a new petition is calling for the developers of Phoenix OS to do the right thing.
Android is an incredibly versatile operating system that we've seen integrated in all sorts of products like smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, refrigerators, ovens and more. There's been a number of companies trying to adopt it to a desktop platform as well lately, and we've talked about Remix OS from Jide quite extensively in the past. They aren't the only people working on this idea though, and we've touched on Phoenix OS a couple of times before as well.