Although many alternatives to the Android home screen already exist, Mozilla will also offer its launcher for the mobile operating system from Google.
In the coming weeks, Mozilla should also propose a launcher Firefox for Android. According to Mashable, the announcement was made at a conference in San Francisco. Mozilla would have made a partnership with EverythingMe, the launcher for Android has recently come out of beta.
Andreas Gal, vice president for mobile at Mozilla, said he wanted to reap some benefits from the EverythingMe solution to create the same contextual experience found on Firefox OS operating system.
EverythingMe was developed by an Israeli start-up. As the launcher Aviate Yahoo (invitation only), it offers a shortcut home screen. Little explanation: you can not have the same application at different times and different places needs. This type of application will therefore choose the icons on your Home screen by anticipating your needs based on the information that it can access. At the same time, the launcher allow you to change the interface (visual and ergonomic) Android overlays or offered by your manufacturer.
You will understand: by proposing a launcher for Android, Mozilla seems to create a small showcase for its Firefox OS mobile operating system. This young team already some mobile OS smartphones, mainly for emerging countries and markets like Spain and Eastern Europe. However, we should see happen this year terminals Firefox OS with higher specifications. Mozilla also develops also a tablet version of its mobile OS .
The exact launch date of this launcher Mozilla is for unknown time. But if we look at the About Andreas Gal, this should not delay.
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