Will Android become history? Google is launching a new operating system

The market share of Android system continues to expand, but its system fragmentation problem is serious, so Google decided to integrate Android and Chrome OS to launch a new operating system Andromeda.

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The market share of Android system continues to expand, but its system fragmentation problem is serious, so Google decided to integrate Android and Chrome OS to launch a new operating system Andromeda.

In fact, as early as last year, there were reports that Google might merge Android and Chrome OS into a new Andromeda system to solve the Android fragmentation problem and increase the market share of Chrome OS.

✽Note: Android fragmentation refers to the fact that there are many mobile devices equipped with the Android system, with different brands and versions, and factors such as inconsistent resolutions, which have become obstacles to the development of Android.

According to a report by foreign technology media 9to5Ggoogle, two OEMs have received the Andromeda system development kit, which will be available as early as 2017, and will be integrated into Android 8.0. In addition, Andromeda is a system that supports cross-platforms, including mobile phones, tablets, laptops, etc., which will bring major changes to Android users.

Currently, the market is dominated by iOS and Android, but Samsung has been trying to break away from the Android system, but the development of its own Tizen system is not ideal. However, Samsung did not give up and approached Microsoft to cooperate in the development of the Tizen system, hoping to improve the problem.

Android Authority pointed out that Samsung's own Tizen system is currently in trouble, and its application platform is limited to smart watches and smart TVs. Therefore, Samsung announced that it will cooperate with Microsoft, hoping to use Microsoft's technology to allow apps originally on iOS and Android to be directly converted to different systems for use, thereby improving the problem of insufficient number of apps on the Tizen system.

Once successfully developed, Samsung can create its own brand characteristics and no longer be constrained by Google Android.

Market research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) found that since Apple launched the iPhone 7/7s, the proportion of users switching from the Android camp to the iPhone has exceeded 17%, higher than last year's 12%.

Apple also mentioned in its fourth quarter earnings conference in October this year that more users switched from Android to iOS than ever before. However, CIRP said that the success of the iPhone is mainly due to loyal iPhone users, and has nothing to do with Android users switching.