It was in 2016 when Google announced that a team of software engineers under his command was working on an operating system that would replace Android in the future . This program received the name of Fuchsia and the truth is that the plan is cooking slowly, but it is already reaching certain Google devices.
The only thing that was previously known about this new system was through leaks or the occasional demonstration, but now we have an official look at it, although, unfortunately, not for smartphones… However, its arrival in this class of devices is not ruled out, since Fuchsia is compatible with Android applications, since it has been designed to take advantage of all the path already executed with the other software.
This is known from Fuchsia in 2023
The first devices with Fuchsia OS landed in 2021 with the first generation of Nest Hub , the series of tablets dedicated to home automation. From Google itself they affirm that it will be the substitute for Android in the future despite the fact that its launch is somewhat limited at the moment. One aspect worth noting is that they have not experienced any issues since then, which speaks highly of the overall performance.
However, the American company is being very patient with its deployment . Proof of this is that there are still no more devices that adopt this operating system. At the end of 2021, a job offer to be part of a “Fuchsia Devices” team came to light and the following mention was made, verbatim:
“Chromecast, video conferencing and deep learning are key parts of the smart products that are coming soon”
More recently, in 2022, it was revealed through a rumor that the next devices to receive Fuchsia as an operating system will be the big G smart speakers . An interesting aspect is that Google is giving priority to the products that are under its seal, so it is quite probable that the first phones where Android will be replaced will be the Pixel of the brand itself.
In terms of options and functionalities, it is difficult to have answers, since nothing is known about the features it presents and how they will adapt to smartphones. Of course, its launch is a complete unknown, but given the rate of deployment, you shouldn’t expect it for the next 5 years.
A slightly outdated preview
If you want to take a look at what Fuchsia OS would look like on a smartphone, you have to go back to 2017 , when an Alpha test preview of the operating system was released. The program seems quite outdated and it is based on one of the old versions of Android.
However, it shows quite remarkable accessibility when opening applications such as the search engine. Also, the task manager is displayed more visually with a series of windows oriented vertically instead of horizontally. The problem is that this is very old and there are probably very significant changes with the current version.
