CyanogenMod is one of the most popular ROM as an alternative to Android, with a user base of nearly 8 million people. But while his name is well established, the team behind CyanogenMod has plans to take control of Android and Google push into the nettles if I may say so.
Today, having a device on CyanogenMod means that users have specific characteristics, and have more control over the settings than they could have with a device running a pure version of Android that runs on smartphones such as the Google Nexus 5 or 6. But the Nexus, the OS is still largely tied to Google applications and services. However, in the coming years, Cyanogen wants to significantly reduce its dependence on Google.
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The CEO of Cyanogen, Kirt McMaster, speaking at the Next Phrase of Android conference organized by The Information in San Francisco, said that he wants to give developers more freedom to integrate their applications with Android , which Google limits strongly in its pure version of Android.
Google has implemented this principle on Android, so that only its own applications can access deeper layers of the mobile operating system from the parameters to the features of the OS. This is why the forks as Amazon Fire OS exist. In other words, McMaster seems to go further on this principle.
Coming off of Android in 3 to 5 years
"Today Android and iOS are essentially shells for Google and Apple services. All those who are sandboxes do not have access to kernel lower layers " , said the head of Cyanogen.
For example, he mentioned Google Now, as a deeply integrated application within the OS, but such integration would be impossible to achieve for developers third in the current ecosystem. The creation of a truly stand-alone version of Android is quite possible, as Amazon has already proved. Cyanogen will nevertheless build its own application store, but McMaster seems determined to provide developers unfettered access to the devices.
However forking Android this way violates Google policies, and this means that manufacturers can not use the services Google such as Google Play Store and various applications of the search giant, such as Gmail, YouTube and Maps.
You can have CyanogenMod natively on devices OnePlus and Oppo, but it seems that the team behind it has even larger plans for the future - and given the influence it already has Google should keep an eye on developments in this version.
Today, having a device on CyanogenMod means that users have specific characteristics, and have more control over the settings than they could have with a device running a pure version of Android that runs on smartphones such as the Google Nexus 5 or 6. But the Nexus, the OS is still largely tied to Google applications and services. However, in the coming years, Cyanogen wants to significantly reduce its dependence on Google.
See also : Ceasefire: Samsung ready to produce the chip of the iPhone 6S
The CEO of Cyanogen, Kirt McMaster, speaking at the Next Phrase of Android conference organized by The Information in San Francisco, said that he wants to give developers more freedom to integrate their applications with Android , which Google limits strongly in its pure version of Android.
Coming off of Android in 3 to 5 years
"Today Android and iOS are essentially shells for Google and Apple services. All those who are sandboxes do not have access to kernel lower layers " , said the head of Cyanogen.
For example, he mentioned Google Now, as a deeply integrated application within the OS, but such integration would be impossible to achieve for developers third in the current ecosystem. The creation of a truly stand-alone version of Android is quite possible, as Amazon has already proved. Cyanogen will nevertheless build its own application store, but McMaster seems determined to provide developers unfettered access to the devices.
However forking Android this way violates Google policies, and this means that manufacturers can not use the services Google such as Google Play Store and various applications of the search giant, such as Gmail, YouTube and Maps.
You can have CyanogenMod natively on devices OnePlus and Oppo, but it seems that the team behind it has even larger plans for the future - and given the influence it already has Google should keep an eye on developments in this version.