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Bloomberg reports that Google's Project Fuchsia may eventually succeed Android.
Here's what's already known about Fuchsia: Alphabet Inc.'s Google started quietly posting code online in 2016, and the company has let outside app developers tinker with bits of the open-source code. Google has also begun to experiment with applications for the system, such as interactive screen displays and voice commands for YouTube.
But members of the Fuchsia team have discussed a grander plan that is being reported here for the first time: Creating a single operating system capable of running all the company's in-house gadgets, like Pixel phones and smart speakers, as well as third-party devices that now rely on Android and another system called Chrome OS, according to people familiar with the conversations.
According to one of the people, engineers have said they want to embed Fuchsia on connected home devices, such as voice-controlled speakers, within three years, then move on to larger machines such as laptops. Ultimately the team aspires to swap in their system for Android, the software that powers more than three quarters of the world's smartphones, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing internal matters. The aim is for this to happen in the next half decade, one person said.
[...] The company must also settle some internal feuds. Some of the principles that Fuchsia creators are pursuing have already run up against Google's business model. Google's ads business relies on an ability to target users based on their location and activity, and Fuchsia's nascent privacy features would, if implemented, hamstring this important business. There's already been at least one clash between advertising and engineering over security and privacy features of the fledgling operating system, according to a person familiar with the matter. The ad team prevailed, this person said.
(Score: 2) by Dr Spin on Saturday July 21 2018, @08:24AM (2 children)
I have no idea what your post means. Try again, this time in English:
Warning: Opening your mouth may invalidate your brain!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @08:47AM
It means that Fucks Ya! is the new Google's post-Don't be evil! motto.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Monday July 23 2018, @02:02PM
It's perfectly comprehensible...Google claims the code is "open", yet they also claim a right to retain full control over that code. That's really not how open source works.
Google has their own version of the Embrace, Extend, Extinguish...they release a large collection of open source apps, then once those have captured the market they stop supporting the open code and start replacing it with proprietary garbage one component at a time. They did it fairly successfully with base Android, but alternative open source projects like Cyanogenmod/LineageOS got enough traction to challenge Google, and companies like Amazon were able to drop Google's proprietary components (and the restrictions which come with them) in favor of their own in-house solutions. The last thing they have to replace is Android itself, and they aren't likely to let others have as much control this time. I'd bet they're banking that they can bring all of the Android app developers over to Fuchsia (which shouldn't be hard), thus cutting off other manufacturers and forcing them to either accept Google's new terms for Fuchsia or rebrand the dated open source components of Android and try to go it alone. Google has been slowing making Android less open for many, many years now...and now they're going around touting that their new Android replacement has tiny components that they've decided to open up and claiming that this means it's open source just like Android.