Back in 2016, Google shared its plans to unify its operating system for various kinds of devices with the launch of a new OS. Dubbed the Fuchsia OS, the operating system was designed by the Mountain View giant to work with every kind of device, ranging from smartphones to smart IoT devices. Today, Google has finally started to roll out the OS, starting with the first-gen Nest Hub devices.
You don’t ship a new operating system every day, but today is that day.
The Fuchsia OS will initially be available in the Preview Program for the Nest Hub (first released as the Google Home Hub). Google was reportedly testing Fuchsia OS on the smart display earlier this month. Previously, a Bluetooth SIG listing was reportedly spotted in the wild that showed a Nest Hub device running Fuchsia OS 1.0.
As per the company’s plans, it wants to run Fuchsia OS on every Made by Google device as the OS is a module-based operating system that runs without depending on the hardware of a device. As a result, manufacturers will be able to select Fuchsia elements based on their devices. On the other hand, developers will be able to push smaller updates to add new features to a device.
