Google unveils Fuchsia Operating System on Nest Hub

Google has unveiled its third operating system, Google Fuchsia. Google Fuchsia will be available only on Nest Hub Software. Fuchsia is designed to work on both desktops, and mobile phones; it can replace the previous android softwares.

 

Fuchsia is a general purpose and open source operating system. Fuchsia is designed to focus on security, performance and better updates. This project has been a long sought one and Google has been working on it for the last few years. 

 

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In December 2020, Google expanded the reach of Fuchsia’s open source model. It invited worldwide contributions for the newest operating system. Peter Hosek, Google's technical lead, tweeted about Fuchsia’s release in a hilarious way.

 

Google Fuchsia

 

• For the next few months, Google Fuchsia  will only be available on IoT devices.

• Fuchsia is different from Chrome OS and Android. It is not based on Linux; this new operating system is based on Google’s microkernel “Zircon”.

• While Android focused on smartphones Google Fuchsia’s main emphasis will be on connected devices.

• Fuchsia will support android applications , and it will also have its own application store.

• Flutter is the app development language of Fuchsia.

 

Google will have the exclusive rights over the Fuchsia operating system. This software will later be used in various devices like laptops, gaming devices, smart phones, VR, and smart home devices. 

 

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The operating system will be more updatable as compared to android. Samsung has already announced that the future models of all the Samsung smartphones will have a Fuchsia operating system. 

 

Honor Play by Huawei will also have a Fuchsia operating system. Fuchsia is also available on Pixelbook.

 

According to Dice,  Unlike Android  and Chrome OS, which appear on a variety of computing devices, Fuchsia is making its first appearance on just one piece of hardware, the Nest Hub. 

 

Nest Hub won’t notice any change in how they interact with the device, which previously ran a Linux-based OS. 

 

The biggest question is whether Google Fuchsia will replace Android. Currently Android has the highest market share worldwide with 2 billion worldwide users it is difficult to replace the android market.