It also says:
It is currently unknown whether these companies would aim for compatibility with existing Android apps or follow the path of Huawei’s latest HarmonyOS NEXT, which removes Android app support entirely
So, it’s not clear yet.
Comment on Several phone brands rumored to be planning a major shift away from Android
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Before anyone gets too excited, it is just big Chinese brands looking for 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.
It also says:
It is currently unknown whether these companies would aim for compatibility with existing Android apps or follow the path of Huawei’s latest HarmonyOS NEXT, which removes Android app support entirely
So, it’s not clear yet.
The US/China decoupling is happening everywhere.
The front line is everywhere, there be no shelter here.
They got you searching for the thin line between entertainment and war.
I live in Asia. I’m European and meet a lot of Chinese tourists. Trying to find a common ground with digital services we both use is impractical to the point where we often can’t connect online.
I thought android in China was already de-googled
Some Chinese phone release outside China also began to de-googled as well. At least that’s the case for Huawei in Indonesia.
de-googled Android you say?
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Too bad that what you want in a Google-free Android distro isn’t what the manufacturers want.
KDE connect is already pretty sweet
What about /e/OS?
Haven’t tried it
So like how Huawei was hyping up their new mobile OS which was really just AOSP?
This was a transitional stage, HarmonyOS Next is running a fully different kernel and runtime
Well there’s that, but I was talking more about how they were selling it when hey first announced it. My point is that they’ve lied before. I’ll believe it when I see it.
HarmonyOS is not AOSP anymore. It does not run Android apps anymore.
LMurch@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
de-Googled android sounds even better. The story is cooler than the title!
eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I like your spirit, but I don’t think a Chinese equivalent to Google Play Services would be more desirable
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
All I want is unified push really. Then you just choose your server or host your own.
mac@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I wish more apps supported unified push!
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I mean they just replace Google with their own Chinese data-mining services so, no, not cool.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
No no no, it’s not Chinese data mining.
it’s just socialised data with Chinese characteristics! Much better.
nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Exactly what happened with Indonesian release of Huawei.
Also, more ads everywhere. Even your lock screen.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They are already degoogled for the Chinese market. What the Chinese Android variants to not have is a shared replacement for Play Services and a shared app store because everyone is doing their own thing for maps API, payment, …
_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called “the People’s Stick.”
—Mikhail Bakunin
apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I run that already with CalyxOS. I dig it.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
a duopoly is better than a monopoly but 3 platforms would be better
3laws@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is why my next GPU its gotta be Intel
jnod4@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Just read for a second about intel’s history on anti competition practices eg they would ban stores from carrying out amd cpus in my country in Europe