Yandex Presents Firmware for Android Smartphones

[+Mirumir Subscriber¹]

Looking forward to trying out new ROMS cooked by XDA-dev chefs :D

 

 

 

 

Yandex Presents Firmware for Android Smartphones

MOSCOW, Feb. 19, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yandex (Nasdaq:YNDX), one of the largest internet companies in Europe and the leading search provider in Russia, has developed firmware for devices on the Android operating system.

Called Yandex.Kit, it is an out-of-the-box software solution that is installed on smartphones during their manufacture. The first smartphones with Yandex.Kit preinstalled - by producers Huawei and Explay - go on sale this spring.

The complexity of modern mobile devices is such that many people don't make use of all their capabilities. Yandex.Kit aims to rectify this situation with an intuitive user experience, enabling anybody - even smartphone novices - to make full use all of their device's features.

Yandex Offers Fee-Free Android Firmware Kit So OEMs Can Ditch Google Services

Continuing to diversify beyond search, Russian tech giant Yandex has today launched a complete firmware kit for Android smartphones ? called Yandex.Kit ? that offers an alternative suite of Yandex services for OEMs and carriers wanting to try their hand at going it alone without Google.

How can they do that? By building on the open source flavour of Android that does not come packaged up with Mountain View?s software. Yandex then steps in with its kit to make it easier for device makers to ditch the Google-flavoured version of Android by substituting its own suite of essential apps and features.
 

[tsupersonic]

No thanks, especially when they are capable of ditching Google Services. I would much rather have Google Services and Play Store rather than a service that's not popular in the US.

[The Evil Overlord]

No thanks, especially when they are capable of ditching Google Services. I would much rather have Google Services and Play Store rather than a service that's not popular in the US.

Didn't realise this kit was available in the U.S.

[Beyond Godlike]

Not sure who i trust less...Homophobic Russia or NSA USA. 

[Anibal P]

Not sure who i trust less...Homophobic Russia or NSA USA. 

 

I'm sure your home government is just as bad as any other when it comes to "privacy", that's your real bigger problem 

[+John Teacake MVC]

That theme looks brilliant!! 

[adrynalyne]

So I take it they are using the Amazon app store?