Neowin News Feed for: Fuchsia

Google announces new Vulnerability Reward Program specifically for open source software

Usama Jawad — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:00:02 +0000

Google has revealed an expansion to its Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP). It is designed to encourage privately reporting security flaws in open source software in exchange for monetary rewards. Read more...

Google's Fuchsia OS is making its debut on the original Nest Hub

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 25 May 2021 10:12:01 +0000

Google has revealed that Fuchsia OS, its new in-house operating system, is finally coming to a real device, the first-generation Nest Hub. But if you're expecting big changes, you'll be disappointed. Read more...

Anyone can now contribute to Google's Fuchsia OS

Paul Hill — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:46:01 +0000

Google's letting members of the public submit code to its Fuchsia operating system repositories. The firm has been working on Fuchsia since 2016 and this move could speed up development. Read more...

Google's Fuchsia OS will be able to run Android apps

Faheemmuddeen Patel — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 17:58:01 +0000

According to changes made to the Android's Gerrit source code management, Google's long in the works Fuchsia OS will be able to run Android apps using a specialized version of Android Runtime. Read more...

Google allegedly working on an AltOS mode for its flagship Pixelbook

Paul Hill — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:58:01 +0000

Google source code suggests that the web giant may be making it possible to boot Windows from the Pixelbook natively. The work may also allow developers to boot Fuchsia OS up more easily. Read more...

Android Wear could be re-branded as Wear OS soon

Paul Hill — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 09:42:01 +0000

A new Google Play Services beta build suggests that Android Wear will go under the moniker Wear OS. The re-brand comes just months after Google merged Android Pay and Google Wallet into Google Pay. Read more...

Google's Fuchsia OS can now be installed on the Pixelbook

Craig Mu — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 08:48:01 +0000

Google has been working on their mysterious operating system called Fuchsia for quite some time now. The OS is now able to be installed on Pixelbook laptops and other selected devices. Read more...

Here's another look at Fuchsia, Google's other operating system

Florin Bodnarescu — Mon, 08 May 2017 20:56:01 +0000

In August last year, reports emerged that Google was working on a unified OS for phones, tablets, PCs, and IoT. Now, we can take another look at the rather interestingly codenamed "Fuchsia" OS. Read more...

Google working on unified Fuchsia operating system

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 10:58:01 +0000

Google appears to be working on a new operating system called Fuchsia. The OS will run across phones, tablets, PCs and IoT device, unifying the Google ecosystem. Details of the OS are still scarce. Read more...