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Samsung’s most exciting Galaxy upgrade might replace Android with a new OS

December 22nd, 2021

Chris Smith

Samsung will soon unveil the Galaxy S22 series, which will deliver two different S22 experiences, including a Note-like model. But like every year, the newest Galaxy S will offer buyers one of the top Android experiences on the market. The company regularly delivers top-of-the-line specifications paired with Google’s latest Android release and Samsung’s UI customizations …

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Google’s Fuchsia OS is rolling out to all first-gen Nest Hub devices

August 18th, 2021

Chris Smith

Google’s Fuchsia operating system is no longer just a poorly kept secret. The OS that might replace Android one day has been running on first-gen Nest Hub devices enrolled in the beta program for a few months. But Google is now quietly upgrading all Nest Hub devices to Fuchsia, which is terrific news. It means …

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This is the first device to run Google’s mysterious Android replacement

May 25th, 2021

Chris Smith

We’ve been tracking Google’s mysterious Fuchsia operating system for several years, waiting for the software giant to finally unveil the OS that’s expected to replace Android one day. Google finally acknowledged Fuchsia publicly in 2019, saying the OS is not targeting just phones and PCs, but also other smart devices. That was an indication that …

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Leaker says Samsung will probably switch to Google’s mysterious new mobile OS

May 14th, 2021

Chris Smith

Fuchsia OS is no longer just a wild rumor about an operating system that could someday replace Android and help Google get rid of the most annoying thing about its mobile OS. When Fuchsia rolls out to commercial devices, it’ll offer Google something Android never could, the chance of actually controlling software releases on all …

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Google might soon release the first beta of its mysterious OS that may replace Android

March 22nd, 2021

Chris Smith

Google has been working on a mysterious new operating system called Fuchsia for the past few years. Fuchsia has appeared in various leaks during that time, potentially giving us glimpses of Google’s future after Android. Fuchsia could replace both Android and Chrome OS, as well as other OS versions for internet-connected devices. Google finally confirmed …

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Google released an exciting upgrade to a resource most people won’t even recognize

March 4th, 2021

Chris Smith

When Google released Flutter a few years ago, I wondered whether Google was quietly laying the groundwork for Android’s demise. That’s because we already knew at the time that Google was quietly working on its next-gen operating system that would one day replace Android and Chrome OS. Called Fuchsia, the new OS would supposedly have …

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Google might have quietly teased the OS that will replace Android

February 19th, 2021

Chris Smith

A newly discovered welcome screen design for Chrome OS contains clues that Google is looking toward a future where the same OS could work on multiple types of devices. Google is developing a unified operating system to replace and unify Android and Chrome called Fuchsia. The new welcome screen message would certainly fit with Fuchsia, …

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Huawei might have revealed a key feature of Google’s Android replacement

September 11th, 2020

Chris Smith

A recent comment from Huawei about HarmonyOS seems to hint that Google’s rumored Android replacement might get an exciting new feature. Huawei confirmed that its phones that still run an Android version stripped of Google’s mobile services will be upgradeable to the new operating system. That’s the kind of functionality Fuchsia will have to support: …

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Google’s mysterious OS that might replace Android just reached a new milestone

August 13th, 2020

Chris Smith

Google’s mysterious Fuchsia operating system might one day replace Android on smartphones and run on other devices, including laptops, tablets, and smart home gadgets. While Google hasn’t revealed too many details about the new OS, a discovery indicates the company continues to develop the new software. Google Fuchsia has received Bluetooth certification, which is a …

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Google pretty much just told us that Android needs to die

February 4th, 2020

Chris Smith

Android has been the dominant mobile platform out there for years, but Google is still struggling to take advantage of it to the fullest due to the way it’s designed. While the company has publicly been touting the platform’s open source design as a key benefit, Google has quietly been trying to fix Android’s big …