Google Fuchsia OS News & Updates

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Fuchsia is a capability-based, real-time operating system (RTOS) currently being developed by Google.  In contrast to prior Google-developed operating systems such as Chrome OS and Android, which are based on Linux kernels, Fuchsia is based on a new microkernel named "Magenta", derived from "Little Kernel". Source

 

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Samsung would rather work on their own Tizen OS which can already be found of the gear S watches and some Samsung phones.

 

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Google’s Fuchsia OS, when it releases, might very well be a game-changer for the company. A real-time OS, Fuchsia is the first consumer-facing, Google-designed OS that eschews a Linux kernel in favor of a microkernel called ‘Zircon’.

Interestingly, Android Police reports that recent code commits indicate that Google is working on integrating support for Apple’s Swift programming language into Fuchsia.

Swift is an Apple-developed programming language that can be used for building apps for the various platforms supported by Apple.

Google is working to integrate support for Apple's Swift programming language in Fuchsia OS

 

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According to Fuchsia's documentation, the Acer Switch Alpha 2 and Intel NUC are officially supported 'target' devices. This means that Fuchsia has been verified to work on those devices, and they are most likely the top devices used for testing. A page about installing Fuchsia on the Google Pixelbook was recently added, which explains the process of placing the laptop in developer mode and booting from a USB drive.

The Pixelbook is being used to test Google's Fuchsia OS

 

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Google’s Fuchsia OS on the Pixelbook: It works! It actually works!

 

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If you’ve been hankering for a taste of what Google’s got cooking with its new Fuchsia operating system (OS), just fire up your browser and head to this link. That’s where a GitHub user and developer has posted a browser-based demonstration of the Fuchsia code that Google has made available for developers so far.

Fuchsia OS browser-based demo link: Fuchsia
Source: Google Fuchsia OS demo shows off its search-centric interface | TechRadar

 

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For more than two years, a small and stealthy group of engineers within Google has been working on software that they hope will eventually replace Android, the world’s dominant mobile operating system.

Project ‘Fuchsia’: Google Is Quietly Working on a Successor to Android

 

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• Android app support confirmed on Project Fuchsia
• The support with come in the form of .far files
• Project Fuchsia will work across devices

Google's Fuchsia OS Support for Android Apps Spotted in AOSP Gerrit