UK belatedly realises phone OS duopoly harms consumers
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has been looking into the mobile ecosystem space and has worked out that a duopoly isn’t great for competition.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has been looking into the mobile ecosystem space and has worked out that a duopoly isn’t great for competition.
Chinese tech giant Huawei has officially launched its own operating system as a commercial proposition and is positioning it as a unified platform for all devices.
Last week Google almost apologetically slipped out the news that it’s merging its wearable device OS with Samsung’s one.
Google has previewed the next version of Android which, once more, claims to empower the user to adapt and secure their device experience.
Hot on the heels of Android 11 comes Android 11 (Go edition), which is designed to work on lower-specced smartphones.
The latest version of the operating system that runs most of the world’s smartphones has been unveiled.
Ahead of Huawei Consumer’s developer conference the company is doubling down on its in-house smartphone operating system.
Reports have emerged in the German press to suggest Google has submitted the paperwork with the US Government to allow Huawei to regain credentials as an Android partner.
If US-Chinese tensions continue to remain as they are today, a separate Huawei mobile operating system looks to be a certainty but being competitive with Android is not a simple task.
Facebook has reportedly hired ex-Microsoft employee Mark Lucovsky to oversee the development of its own operating system to reduce the dependence on Google’s Android.
Apple has hit back at a Google blog post, which emerged last week, suggesting its rival in the smartphone OS segment was ‘stoking fear’ amongst its users.
Huawei has been forced to accelerate the development of its own smartphone operating system by the threat of having Android support taken away.
Google might have national security concerns about prohibiting Huawei from using the Android operating system, but it should also be worried about a potential threat to its market dominance.
In response to the threat of an imminent Android ban Huawei has started banging on about its own mobile OS, but who would want to use it?
Google has released the latest version of the Android operating system, named Pie, which unsurprisingly bigs up artificial intelligence credentials for the digital economy.
Baidu has released financials for the last three months with its news product leading the charge for the Chinese search giant.
Internet giant Google has unveiled the new features that will come with the next major version of its ubiquitous mobile OS.
With tensions continuing to escalate between the US and China, Huawei is reportedly preparing for the worst-case-scenario by developing its own mobile operating system.
Releasing the developer preview of the latest Android update in March has become a bit of a tradition for Google, and this year’s preview hasn’t disappointed.
A recent report suggesting Chinese networks and smartphone giant Huawei is developing a mobile OS as an alternative to Android has caused excitement, but such a thing is unlikely to succeed.