Facebook is working on its own OS that could reduce its reliance on Android

guest · Dec 19, 2019

Facebook is working on its own OS that could reduce its reliance on Android
Led by a co-author of Windows NT
December 19, 2019
https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/19...-android-reliance-self-sufficiency-ar-glasses

Facebook is developing its own operating system that could one day reduce the company’s reliance on Google’s Android, according to a new report by The Information. Development is currently being led by Mark Lucovsky, a Microsoft veteran who co-authored the Windows NT operating system.

The report provides a limited amount of information about how the new operating system could be used, but it notes that both Facebook’s Oculus and Portal devices currently run on a modified version of Android. According to one of Facebook’s AR and VR heads, Ficus Kirkpatrick, “it’s possible” that Facebook’s future hardware won’t need to rely on Google’s software, which would reduce or remove entirely the control Google has over Facebook’s hardware.

“We don’t think we can trust the marketplace or competitors to ensure that’s the case. And so we’re gonna do it ourselves.”
It’s worth pointing out that Facebook’s last attempt at producing its own OS did not go so well.
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