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Google Fuchsia release date, news and rumors
We were expecting to see Google announce Google Fuchsia, or Google Andromeda – a fusion of its Chrome and Android operating systems (OS) – back in October 2017. That announcement never happened. 

What form will Google Fuchsia take, though? Well, while the Google Pixelbook and some of the other best Chromebooks are able to run Android apps through the Google Play Store, and even an early version of Fuchsia itself, we think the finished product – if it ever gets finished – may end up being the penultimate Google OS across all different kinds of devices.
Basically, we don’t know what Google Fuchsia will ultimately be. Google Fuchsia is both thin on the ground and arcane. However, we do know that Google Fuchsia centers on the idea of being able to do whatever you want on whatever device you have handy. We can see this approach in some recent moves by Google – like bringing Android Messages and a VR video editor to a broad range of devices. 
In fact, the Google Pixel Slate may give us a glimpse into what the future may hold for Google Fuchsia – even if we’re no closer to an actual release of the fledgling OS. With this new tablet, Google has changed up the UI of Chrome OS to be more palatable on a tablet – bringing it closer to a unified OS across different families of devices. Whether or not it relates to Fuchsia remains to be seen, but it could be a step in the right direction.
So, regardless of what the final product is, or whether or not Google Fuchsia ever makes it to the public, be sure to keep this page bookmarked, as we’ll update it with any new information comes our way.

Cut to the chase

  • What is it? An Android-meets-Chrome, multi-device operating system
  • When is it out? An early form is available on the Google Pixelbook now
  • What will it cost? Likely nothing, as is with Android and Chrome
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A Google Pixelbook running an early version of Fuchsia OS (Image Credit: Ars Technica)

What is Google Fuchsia?

Right now, there appears to be a divide within Google regarding what Fuchsia actually is. While the team working on it says they want Fuchsia to be the penultimate Google OS, running on all phones, tablets, laptops and smart home devices – Google’s leadership is still referring to it as an experiment. So, we’ll just have to wait and see what happens, and what materializes out of all this experimentation.
Google Fuchsia, then, is a hybrid OS that is still very much in development. The entirety of Fuchsia OS is comprised of two distinct but connected user interfaces (UI): a phone-centric one codenamed ‘Armadillo’ and a traditional desktop UI known as ‘Capybara’ internally, according to 9to5Google.
So far, more is known about the mobile version of Fuchsia than the laptop one, but ArsTechnica was recently able to get Fuchsia running on a Google Pixelbook in an awfully early state. 
Dividing the OS up into two separate UI based on the hardware it’s being used with is a classically Microsoft-inspired move. Windows 10 already scales depending on whether it’s being used with a desktop computer, phone, tablet or game console. In fact, Windows 10’s only unifier is its kernel, the root code that controls the bulk of the operating system.


Google Fuchsia as it appears on a smartphone device.

Google Fuchsia as it appears on a smartphone device.

Fuchsia is also heavily focused on a cards-based interface, in which every app you open appears inside one of these cards – plus, you can place multiple apps into a single card. This orients the user around tasks at hand rather than apps. Those apps are expected to look the same across different devices because of a new cross-platform mobile app development framework, developed by Google, known as Flutter.
Finally, Fuchsia wants to be the best cross-device OS to date. To achieve this, Fuchsia uses a new tool known as ‘Ledger’ by the GitHub community. Ledger, once you’re signed into a Google Account on a Fuchsia device, will automatically save your place in all installed apps across all Fuchsia devices.

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