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Re:Microsoft is embracing Android as the mobile version of W... by kevin_thibedeau on Friday October 05, 2018 @06:49PM (#18152347)
It's a platform for IoT devices. Whether it ends up in consumer handhelds remains to be seen.
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Re:Microsoft is embracing Android as the mobile version of W... by jasonvorhe on Friday October 05, 2018 @07:02PM (#18152435)
No, it's not. It's already booting into a desktop like UI on the Pixelbook and they've even ported parts of Chrome to it.

It's more like some universal OS for Google products that'll probably be ready for launch in 2-3 years or so. Sure, IoT may be one of the goals of Fuchsia, but I'm sure it's meant for future phones as a step by step replacement for Android and future Chromebooks, probably starting with Pixel devices or whatever they'll rebrand to next year.

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Re:Microsoft is embracing Android as the mobile version of W... by ethbro on Friday October 05, 2018 @08:51PM (#18152851)
Everyone knew Android made technical compromises for market share (eg security model).

It remains to be seen whether business (legacy Android) or technical (new system arch) will win out at Google.

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