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END OF ANDROID?

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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-smart...

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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.

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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.

Veritas Numquam Perit

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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 thinking

 

I blame Brexit  wink

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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.
Lover of all things Samsung. Currently using Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus 128gb


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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 Thanks!

Here a pic for you & @Glory1

 

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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.  👍😁

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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. 😂😂
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@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 Thanks!

Here a pic for you & @Glory1

 

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

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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 sun rose

 

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