Samsung will soon launch the Galaxy S22 series of smartphones in early 2022, including the Galaxy S22 Standard Edition/S22 Plus, and the Ultra flagship model that inherits the Galaxy Note mantle. As a head player in the Android camp, Samsung will also update the customized OneUI software simultaneously to bring consumers a more attractive experience. Recently, however, it has been reported that the South Korean technology giant is brewing a transition to Fuchsia OS.
For many years, Google has been trying to get rid of some of the pain points of the Android mobile platform, and in 2019 confirmed the existence of the Fuchsia OS universal operating system. If the project goes well, Fuchsia OS, which has been secretly developed for many years, will become the bottom layer of various smart devices owned by Google, regardless of whether they have a screen or not.
External speculation, Fuchsia OS is expected to play a greater role in wearables, smart homes, mobile phones, tablets/laptops and other devices. Especially after years of testing, the search giant has upgraded the original Nest Hub smart display to the bottom layer of Fuchsia. Since the upgrade test process was quite smooth, Google simply quietly migrated all Nest Hub devices to Fuchsia OS.
Of course, for terminal device users, the bottom-level migration will not bring about any changes on the surface, meaning that the user interface (UI) and related experience (UX) will not be affected in any way. On this basis, we will not be surprised by the migration of Google’s official and third-party Android devices to the bottom layer of Fuchsia OS.
On Wednesday, Dohyun Kim posted two tweets in succession. The first hinted that Samsung would say goodbye to Android, and the second was that Samsung would embrace Fuchsia. Of course, you don’t expect this change to come soon. After all, it took Google itself for several years to replace the bottom layer of Fuchsia for the Nest Hub.
What is certain is that after the underlying migration is completed, Android/Fuchsia can still run the same Android application. And if there is no publicity necessary, Google doesn’t even bother to change the Powered by Android of the device’s screen to Powered by Fuchsia.
As for Samsung’s plan to switch to Fuchsia, it can be traced back to a revelation in mid-May. Unfortunately, the leaker failed to provide an exact timetable. Fast forward to mid-December, and another whistleblower reiterated the matter, with a statement that the transition may take several years. Not long after, the well-known whistleblower UniverseIce also reposted Twitter to increase the credibility of the matter a bit.