Compared to Android and Chrome OS, Fuchsia is expected to be better in terms of security updates, voice interaction, and OS updates; like Apple, Google wants to (through Fuchsia) be able to directly push updates to devices without relying on OEMs. There really are a lot of other (speculated — since there is no official word yet) features and theories of the Fuchsia OS to be excited about. Thanks to information provided about the project by Hiroshi Lockheimer, Senior Vice President of Android and Chrome at the recently concluded Google I/O 2019 developer conference, we now know that the Fuchsia OS will be everything but the next Android. It isn’t the next Chrome OS either. His statement at the I/O is actually the first official word by Google on the Fuchsia project. As reported by XDA-Developers, Lockheimer maintains that the Fuchsia OS is “just an experiment.” Isn’t that a bummer? For those with high hopes of getting a “new Android” or “a new Chrome OS,”… it definitely is. It’s also a bit disappointing. Given its prospects, Fuchsia is supposed to be the “perfect OS”. It still could be everything, though. Lockheimer went ahead to give some insights regarding what the Fuchsia project is entirely about. Regarding the future of the Fuchsia OS, Lockheimer simply asked people to “stay tuned.” It’s impressive enough that Google finally talked about the Fuchsia OS project after three years of silence. It’s at the same time scary though because this might also be the last time in a very long time we’d hear any official word regarding the OS. Despite the cryptic and indirect information provided by Lockheimer though, his next words (as quoted below) further hints at the possibility of the Fuchsia OS being designed not to replace the Android OS on smartphones but to run on smart home devices, wearables, VR & AR devices, etc. DID YOU KNOW?: During the Google I/O 2019 conference in California, Android’s Senior Director, Stephanie Cuthbertson announced that 2.5 billion devices are now running Android OS. Check out other top announcements that were made at the Google I/O 2019 event. Given the numbers that the Android OS is doing numbers, plus Lockheimer’s admittance that the Android OS is perfect on phones, the Fuchsia OS just might be everything but the next Android. What have you heard/learned about the Fuchsia OS in the past? What feature of the Fuchsia OS do you find most interesting?
