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The article keeps talking about the Chrome Browser on Fuschia being discontinued & the end of Workstation. > At first, the shift from workstation to workbench
by jauntywundrkind 3y ago
The article keeps talking about the Chrome Browser on Fuschia being discontinued & the end of Workstation.
> At first, the shift from workstation to workbench seems like a simple name change, but the subsequent discontinuation of Chrome for Fuchsia all but confirms that Google does not intend to release a desktop/mobile device directly powered by Fuchsia in the foreseeable future.
But then it turns around and says what seems to be: oh, but the web view will still be maintained!
> Importantly, this move has no implications for the Nest Hub lineup, which will continue to receive updates and support web-based features as normal.
Giving up on Chrome as an app, a full browser with user experience - that's one thing. But if the web engine is still alive & maintained, that feels like a fairly reversible choice. It's hard to imagine Fuschia persisting without a web engine, but that doesn't seem like what the pile of inferences in this article is saying!