The day we’ve been waiting for has finally come; while it may not have been as splashy of an event as we hoped, Google’s Fuchsia OS has be

What’s next for Google’s Fuchsia OS?

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2021-05-25 21:00:02

The day we’ve been waiting for has finally come; while it may not have been as splashy of an event as we hoped, Google’s Fuchsia OS has been released for real devices. The question now is: where will Fuchsia go next?

Nearly five years after first being spotted, Google’s Fuchsia OS, long considered a skunkworks project, is now powering some Made by Google hardware in the wild. Starting with some devices in the preview program, the Linux-based “Cast OS” on the first-generation Nest Hub is being replaced with Fuchsia.

If Fuchsia’s rollout goes well — in this case, meaning almost no one notices that anything changed at all — it would only make sense for Google to switch out Cast OS on other Nest devices. Rather than needing to work on both Cast OS and Fuchsia to keep devices secure and up to date, Google could focus its efforts on Fuchsia.

Knowing that, let’s take a look at some of the devices we’ve seen Google work on supporting in Fuchsia over the years. Just keep in mind that Google working on support for a device does not necessarily mean that Fuchsia will be released for it any time soon or at all.

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