Starting today, the open-source Fuchsia OS will start rolling out to first-gen Nest Hub displays, according to 9to5Google. In the works since 2016, Fuchsia will land first on Nest Hub devices enrolled in Google’s Preview Program, before arriving more widely on non-Preview Program displays.
Don’t expect the user experience to change much, though. 9to5Google notes that the look and feel of Fuchsia OS-powered Nest Hubs will be “essentially identical” to what it was before.
OK, so what’s the big deal about Fuchsia, then? It’s a new, open-source OS that’s decidedly
not based on the Linux kernel, as Android and Chrome OS are. Instead, Fuchsia is based on Magneta, which (as we described it back in 2016) is “combination microkernel and set of user-space services and hardware drivers” with a “physics based renderer” that can power graphical user interfaces.
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Huawei has long been working on its own fork of Android, and on June 2, Huawei’s HarmonyOS will finally make its official debut on phones.
Even before Huawei was officially placed on a blacklist banning the company from buying U.S. tech, the Chinese electronics giant had been developing its offshoot of Android to sidestep the need for critical Google apps and services. And while Huawei has already released a few TVs running its HarmonyOS, the real test will come next week at Huawei’s launch event, when HarmonyOS will finally be released for use on phones.
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Google’s Nest Hub has been a popular smart home product in Ireland in recent years, and you can now buy the upgraded second-generation model.