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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 393 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (33 children)

Before anyone gets too excited, the headline is clickbait. The bigger Chinese phone brands are looking into de-googled Android. They are still going to use Android.

several prominent Chinese smartphone manufacturers, including Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, and OnePlus, are exploring the possibility of developing versions of the Android operating system that do not rely on Google Mobile Services.

Chinese laptop makers are also in search of an OS that isn't Windows. Queue a race to prop Linux with Android support on that side of things.

[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

So like how Huawei was hyping up their new mobile OS which was really just skinned AOSP?

[–] atthecoast@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This was a transitional stage, HarmonyOS Next is running a fully different kernel and runtime

[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well there's that, but I was talking more about how they were selling it when hey first announced it. My point is that with stuff like this, the companies have lied before. I'll believe it when I see it.

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