However it has been suggested that Google could be next thanks to a recent sighting of a Google-made operating system that goes by the name “Fuschia”, which many believe could be Google’s unified OS. Especially in the case of embedded devices like vehicle dashboards or Global Positioning System units, full-blown desktop kernels like Linux impact performance and cause other issues.
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So, why? Why is Google quietly developing a brand new OS and kernel, with support for smartphones and PCs, possibly built with Material Design in mind?
To make this happen, Magenta has to improve upon its Little Kernel base after adding the first class-mode support (Mandatory for the user accounts) and the capability-based security model (which will enable something like Android version 6.0’s permissions to work).
There’s a lot of discussion going around about what exactly all of this could mean for the new operating system, and whether or not this is indeed meant for an Android and Chrome OS merger, or for something new. Magneta is more advanced than the other two by virtue of being able to scale up to smartphones and desktops as well.
But that’s just the kernel; what about the rest of the OS? The decorating on the cake is Escher who is renderer which supports the light diffusion, soft shadows, and other visual effects, with OpenGL or Vulkan under the hood. The company’s Material Design UI notably uses shadows and delicate color reflections as part of its style.
Of course, Fuchsia quite the road for the moment but already with Google’s Chrome OS in one day Android is expected to continue with the way Fuchsia aside.
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One of the people from Google Travis Geiselbrecht even confirmed this would be available soon for the Raspberry Pi 3. Or Google with another possibility is to reduce the burden of Fuchsia Android like Samsung’s Tizen OS can be activated. Perhaps Fuchsia is only being developed for devices like these?
