Amazon may drop Android and build its own next-gen smart home OS

Amazon tends to depend on a forked model of Android for its smart shows, TVs, and different smart home merchandise. But the company may quickly ditch Google’s OS in favor of its own. And the swap to Amazon’s new OS may begin as quickly as subsequent 12 months.

According to Janko Roettgers of Lowpass, Amazon is engaged on a substitute for Android for its {hardware}. Internally often called Vega, the OS has reportedly been examined on Fire TV streaming adapters, and Amazon has advised companions about its plan to transition to the brand new OS. Sources near the matter declare Amazon may begin transport Fire TV’s with Vega someday in 2024.

Roettgers factors out that there are just a few explanation why Amazon would wish to separate itself from Google’s answer. For instance, Android has lots of code that’s pointless for operating a smart home gadget. Fire OS has at all times lagged behind Google’s inventory providing as a result of it depends on Android Open Source Project. And Google has tried to stop some producers from constructing Amazon-powered TVs.

It seems that Vega is predicated on Linux and app builders are being advised to make use of React Native. This would enable builders to forged a wider internet, catering to extra units and OS’s when constructing apps. This is essential as a result of it might allow the builders to create apps that run on Amazon’s new gadget and previous {hardware} nonetheless operating on Android.

Amazon is allegedly getting ready to ditch Android utterly throughout all of its merchandise someday down the street. As it does with Fire OS, it’s potential Amazon additionally sees having its own OS as a chance to serve advertisements to extra eyes, one of many causes its units are so low-cost.