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Some have speculated that Fuchsia will eventually replace Android. I remember back in May that some prototype UI was introduced by Google. Anyone know of any

Some have speculated that Fuchsia will eventually replace Android. I remember back in May that some prototype UI was introduced by Google. Anyone know of any recent developments on this front?

bitmapbrother 9y ago
I'm not sure if Fuchsia will replace Android, but I would bet that the Fuchsia microkernel, Magenta, will eventually replace Linux as the kernel used by Android. As for Fuchsia, it seems to be coming along quite nicely. Here's a short demo of the GUI that was uploaded to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBbbd8y2kM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBbbd8y2kM
remir 9y ago
Magenta (their new microkernel) is being renamed Zircon as they reorganize the OS into layers named on gemstones. As for the UI, their new compositor requires a GPU with Vulkan support to make it run. Unfortunately QEMU doesn't support Vulkan at the moment, so I wasn't able to test it.
- pjmlp 9y ago
  Interesting, so they are ruling out everyone that has computers older than two years. And given that Android 7 (where Vulkan is anyway optional), is about 13%, I wonder what the target users would be, if this ever gets out of the lab.