{"id":209770,"date":"2017-05-09T08:48:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T06:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=209770"},"modified":"2017-05-09T08:49:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T06:49:43","slug":"user-interface-for-googles-fuchsia-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/209770-user-interface-for-googles-fuchsia-os.html","title":{"rendered":"User interface for Google’s Fuchsia OS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0user interface for Google’s new Fuchsia OS was spotted in the latest build of the operating system by\u00a0Hotfixit.net<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Called Armadillo,\u00a0the UI\u00a0can be seen if you build and run Fuchsia for Android.<\/p>\n

Ars Technica reported<\/a><\/strong> that the interface and apps are written in Google’s Flutter SDK, which produces cross-platform code. It should therefore be\u00a0possible to run it on Android and iOS.<\/p>\n

The home screen is a vertical-scrolling list. In the centre, you’ll see the date, the name of a city, a battery icon, and a profile picture.<\/p>\n

Above this is a collection of recent apps. Below is a list of suggestions reminiscent of Google Now.<\/p>\n

Fuchsia first emerged in August 2016, with reports suggesting that Google was building a realtime OS\u00a0for “Internet of Things” applications\u00a0and devices – such as car\u00a0dashboard systems.<\/p>\n

Current reports speculate that Fuchsia may be a replacement for\u00a0Android, but Google has not revealed its plans for the\u00a0OS.<\/p>\n

Fuchsia\u00a0does not run<\/a><\/strong> on the Linux kernel, and uses “Magenta” – a kernel\u00a0based on the LittleKernel project.<\/p>\n

Magenta’s\u00a0documentation describes\u00a0it\u00a0as targeting “modern phones and modern personal computers with fast processors”.<\/p>\n