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END OF ANDROID?

MI5 — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 19:04:48 GMT

ANDROID fans have been put on alert about shock claims that Google are planning on scraping the hugely popular smartphone and tablet OS.

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/992004/Android-update-Google-replacing-smartphone-OS-with-Fuchsia-claims

Re: END OF ANDROID?

Bambino — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 19:23:55 GMT

If it does happen, it will be at least five years, and the new OS would have to be backwards compatible. Google wouldn't want everyone to stop buying phones until the new OS was released.

https://www.technobuffalo.com/2018/07/20/google-fuchsia-os-development-release-date-report/

Oh, and there's two p's in scrapping. Even the Express headline is misspelled.

Re: END OF ANDROID?

Cleoriff — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 19:35:42 GMT

Bit of a shock for Android users. Though it won't bother me much, I will just stick to the phone I have now.

I have every faith it will last me a lifetime.

Re: END OF ANDROID?

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 19:47:51 GMT

They really are in the news lately, and the BBC had a slightly different angle, asking whether people would be happy paying for Android:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44898509

Perhaps repackaging it as a brand new OS, will give them the perfect opportunity to start selling it

I blame Brexit

Re: END OF ANDROID?

Glory1 — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 02:48:15 GMT

I won't panic just yet. 5 years is a long time and a lot can happen between now and then. If Google do change their operating OS it better be a h3ll of a lot better than android, or what's the point.

Re: END OF ANDROID?

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 06:58:43 GMT

Thank you for the replies above ... = ... I was panicking having just about 4 weeks ago gone to Android - Xperia1L ... thank you particularly to @Bambino for putting my mind at rest

Here a pic for you & @Glory1

Re: END OF ANDROID?

Big — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 13:20:19 GMT

It aint never gonna happen ,Apple will die first. If google ever does want to ditch android after all these years of developing it some other company such as samsung or sony will adopt it.

All these device manufacturers are making too much money off it and have seen nokia go from riches to rags with the symbian and windows operating systems thinking they could snub android and take a different route. Why would any company want to ditch a world leader. 👍😁

Re: END OF ANDROID?

Big — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 13:24:09 GMT

Samsung are years ahead of the game. I feel sorry for all them sheep that are still using apple and ios just cos some idiot on the tv has one that knows jack ****** about tech. 😂😂

Re: END OF ANDROID?

Glory1 — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 14:52:57 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Thank you for the replies above ... = ... I was panicking having just about 4 weeks ago gone to Android - Xperia1L ... thank you particularly to @Bambino for putting my mind at rest
Here a pic for you & @Glory1

Thanks for the pic @Anonymous it looks nice here but I still prefer London 🤩

Re: END OF ANDROID?

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 17:44:44 GMT

Here's one of my favourite places in London @Glory1

Regents Park ... normally the rose garden would be in full bloom about now, but don't know with the hot spell of weather we're under

Re: END OF ANDROID?

MI5 — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 17:49:44 GMT

and back on topic.....
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/eu-fines-google-over-android-2018/

Re: END OF ANDROID?

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 19:03:22 GMT

I hope Google do take responsibility for securing the Kernel away from phone manufacturers and prevent operators from blocking updates because these devices operate as much on wi-fi as they do on the mobile network so sitting on updates for months on end really isn't acceptable anymore given the sensitive data stored as well as the sensitive tasks such as banking that handsets are used for these days.

This is why I don't buy my hardware through O2 (or any other operator for that matter)

Re: END OF ANDROID?

Bambino — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 19:06:03 GMT

If Google decided to charge customers for Android, Apple would be dancing in the streets.

Re: END OF ANDROID?

anticpated — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 21:02:56 GMT

Still wouldn't use it unless it was significantly cheaper which i doubt.

Re: END OF ANDROID?

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:04:37 GMT

There are lots of compromises that you have to accept with free software, because the customer is essentially the product. But the fact that Google are possibly looking at a change in business model could be a positive move, and if it means that you end up with an operating system that’s more secure, takes better care of your private data, and provides you with regular updates (i.e. without expecting you to join a long queue), then it might be a product that’s worth paying for.