Sources speaking to The Information say that Google has met with processor makers about designing chips for Android alongside the actual chip maker.
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According to the report, Google representatives also put forward the chip designs that it wants to develop. If implemented these new chips will bring in tons on new high-end features on Android smartphones including augmented and virtual reality. But who is going to build Android’s greatest chipset for a Google Nexus device? Just like Apple radically redesigned its ARM-based A6 chip for the iPhone 5 in 2012, Google may be looking to do something similar.
Android is Google’s mobile operating system.
Alphabet’s Google is now planning to release a new budget smartphone in the coming months for developing markets under its Android One initiative. It’s thought that Google has plans to finalize the chips for use in devices and the Android OS within a few year’s time, so it isn’t likely Google will have anything ready for consumers in the immediate future or even next year.
Google is empowering developers with new tools to better deal with wonky sensors, which have always been a sore spot of Android fragmentation.
Google however is said to have loose a large portion of its restrictions which implies Android One OEMs will have a more noteworthy decision of segments and flexibility to purchase from other parts suppliers. As per the report on The Information, Google has also discussed this with various microchip makers.
Google is seeking a more Apple-like approach, combining core functionality of the phone onto one chip.
Apple has done it with the creation of the A6 chip and since then, Apple devices have had seamless and fast UI experiences and earlier security updates.
It is also somewhat skeptical that big companies will take a chance with Google to switch their designs.
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“Devices MUST provide users with a mechanism to perform a “Factory Data Reset” that allows logical and physical deletion of all data”. If, for example, the wish list stems from Google’s desire to rein in costs, that could prove problematic for an industry already struggling with razor-thin profit margins.
