Google is (not) bringing Fuchsia OS to Android devices
Google is developing "microfuchsia," a stripped-down version of Fuchsia OS to run on Android devices in a virtual machine. Fuchsia aims to enhance security and stability, potentially expanding beyond smart home devices.
Read original articleGoogle is developing "microfuchsia," a stripped-down version of its Fuchsia OS to run on Android devices in a virtual machine. Fuchsia OS, built on Zircon instead of the Linux kernel, aims to enhance security and stability by reducing trusted code. While initial rumors suggested Fuchsia could replace Android, Google has focused on deploying it on smart home devices like Nest Hub. The company is now exploring running Fuchsia on existing devices through virtualization with "microfuchsia." This project could potentially optimize certain workloads more effectively and securely than the current microdroid system. Recent patches in the Android Open Source Project indicate preparations for integrating microfuchsia into Android devices using the APEX file format. The exact purpose and implementation of microfuchsia remain speculative, but Google's ongoing developments suggest a strategic interest in expanding the reach of Fuchsia OS beyond smart home devices.
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Sure, we think "there is one vision" but I suspect, there will be people inside the tent who still think this is a good idea, or a variation of it, and so (not) is mostly conjectural, because nobody who CAN say with authority what is or is not being done, is going to want to commit until they understand how it affects their KPIs.
Considering why Google acquired Android in the first place, Some of this is a bit bizarre. You would think by now, there was a roadmap which made sense across the generations. We're at Android 15. Thats an awful lot of time in that model of the world and Fuschia is on what release trajectory?
Now it's going to run in a VM in an already 'slow' os? For what possible reason?
I had high hopes for the project, but it looks like a keeping engineers busy kind of thing, a pure cost center, without any revenue to keep it going besides Google Nest Hub being shipped with it.
It's a wonder how it wasn't axed already.
Only Apple could perhaps pull that off by forcing it on everyone by way of controlling the hardware base. Google and Microsoft don't have that amount of control.
For me, if there's a Fuchsia app on the Play Store, or one I can easily sideload, I'll definitely try it out.
What Google revenue streams would full Fushsia cannabilize? Lack of USB->HDMI also bummer on pixel devices. I could probably convince a lot of people to migrate to chrome/fuschia/google OS if all it took was slapping their old phone to a usb hub. Well I could a few years ago, google kill services / lack of direction have put me off recommending any service by them. Still, seems like Google has a pathway to get into the Apple hardware game but simply chooses not to.
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