The mysterious third OS "Fuchsia" developed by Google, images and movies that show what kind of UI are released

Google's new OS whose existence was revealed as a page was created on GitHub, an open source code sharing site "FuchsiaAlthough it is the first discoveredIoT (Mono's Internet)It is known that it is an OS that is developed for smartphones and tablets, deviating from the prediction that it is an embedded OS for the smartphone and tablet.

Google's "Fuchsia" smartphone OS dumps Linux, has a wild new UI | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/googles-fuchsia-smartphone-os-dumps-linux-has-a-wild-new-ui/

Google's mysterious new Fuchsia OS has a UI now - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/5/8/15579846/google-fuchsia-os-magenta-armadillo-first-look-ui

The operating system (OS) such as Android and Chrome OS developed by Google was developed based on the Linux kernel. Unlike this, the OS built on Google's own kernel "Magenta" is "Fuchsia", its existence was first confirmed in August 2016. Initially discovered, the function was expanded based on the name "Fuchsia" and the LK used as an embedded OSMagentaIt was based only on the kernel called.

Google's new OS "Fuchsia (Fuchsia)" is not Linux based Embedded OS for IoT - GIGAZINE


Google is "Fuchsia" not just the Linux kernelGPLHas also been abolished, insteadBSD 3 clause,MIT License,Apache 2.0I am adopting a license that mixes the three.

According to Google, the Magenta kernel adopted by "Fuchsia" is "the latest mobile phones and PCs equipped with high-speed processors, as well as arbitrary peripheral devices with large-capacity RAM to perform open-end calculation" It is said that it is targeting. However, Google does not make any other detailed comments about "Fuchsia", so the use remains unknown at the moment.

"Fuchsia" interface and application is a project to create cross-platform code that works on both Android and iOS "FlutterIt's been created using the SDK. Also, GoogleMaterial designIt is designed to follow the guidelines of "EscherIt seems to have a Vulkan-based graphic renderer called "Vulkan."

As mentioned above Fuchsia's interface is written in the cross platform Flutter SDK. So, Ars Technica overseas news media downloaded the source code, compiled Fuchsia's UI into Android APK and installed it on an Android terminal, taking a screenshot showing what type of UI it is Succeeded. According to Ars Technica, Fuchsia's UI seems to be called "Armadillo (Armadillo)".

Screenshots of Fuchsia taken by Ars Technica are as follows.

On the main screen in Fuchsia's mobile mode, the user profile is displayed, from which you can adjust the brightness and volume of the screen. Also, at the bottom of this screen, you can see that there is a search area marked "Ask for anything" in Google Now format.


The application is displayed in the form of a card, and when tapped it is displayed in full screen.


You can freely change the placement by long-pressing the card.


The search area of ​​Google Now format looks something like this. You can see what Fuchsia's keyboard design looks like.


Even in mobile mode it seems that you can switch applications from tabs at the top of the screen.


This is the UI when using Fuchsia with a tablet with a larger screen than a smartphone called table mode.


It is like this when you change the placement by holding down the application displayed in card form in table mode.


On large screen terminals such as tablets, it is also possible to use multiple applications at the same time by splitting the screen.



All display ranges of applications are not necessarily the same size OK.


In addition, Kyle Bradshaw of the developer photographed the appearance that Fuchsia's UI "Armadillo" is actually running on the terminal and published it on YouTube.

Fuchsia OS Armadillo preview - YouTube


Fuchsia is Google's20% ruleAlthough it is a project born in, it may be that some people think "it takes a long time to become shape", Travis Geiselbrecht, the developer of Fuchsia, said "(OS is) It is not a 20% project "and it may be released earlier than imagined. However, it seems that Android had a development period of about 5 years before commercialization, and if development progresses at the same pace as Android, it is possible for general users to have a terminal equipped with Fuchsia after 2020 It is likely to become.

Android currently developed by Google boasts the world's largest share as a mobile OS, but "It is difficult to apply OS updates to the whole third-party hardware ecosystem" "To smooth UI performance Ars Technica points out that it has the problem that it is not focused ". Also, Fuchsia's programming languageDartIt is clear that it is being developed as a high-performance OS. From these, Ars Technica expresses Fuchsia as if it is shaping "if you would redesign Android from now on?".