We've already reported about the modular version of Windows 10 codenamed
Andromeda OS possibly arriving in mid-2018 along with a Microsoft - made mobile device (Surface Phone?).
Microsoft has separated the development of Windows 10 Mobile from the modular version of Windows codenamed
Andromeda OS, but the current Windows phones are still getting some new features... Read More
Now, according to a new rumor posted by the WinCentral, Microsoft won't be alone in this new venture with
Andromeda OS.
Microsoft's
Andromeda OS will be mobile - focused at launch, but other types of devices will follow in the future.
Well, we misspoke about the «Android» part — in addition to a third «Chromebook» Pixel device coming late next year, the Nexus 7P will run
Andromeda OS, the rumored merged software product of Android and Chrome OS.
Microsoft has separated the development of Windows 10 Mobile from the modular version of Windows codenamed
Andromeda OS, but the current Windows phones are still getting some new features thanks to the common code and UWP.
I would like that they'd have develop
the Andromeda OS since the initial release (Technical Preview) in 2015.
Updated on 09-26-2016 by Julian Chokkattu: Added new rumors about
Andromeda OS running on the Nexus 7 successor, and that Google is testing the OS on the Nexus 9.
Windows Central understands that the initial introduction of WCOS will be mobile - focused, codenamed
Andromeda OS, and is internally pegged to be ready sometime in 2018.
The new Google Pixel 3 Laptop with
Andromeda OS might be priced starting at $ 749 considering the earlier models pricing.
Thanks to an ARM32 WoW layer in the ARM64 build of
Andromeda OS, the future ARM devices will be able to run all Windows Store apps, while thanks to the Composable Shell, future smartphones could be used like real Desktop PCs in Continuum mode with external display.
These updates should further improve the phone features before OneCore OS (
Andromeda OS).
This version of Windows 10 is codenamed
Andromeda OS, and is part of Microsoft's Windows Core OS effort internally.
As you could expect,
Andromeda OS will run on both ARM and PC processors.
While none of these details regarding the supposed Google Pixel 7 and
Andromeda OS have been confirmed by Google, experts are adamant that the two will be launched together, probably before the end of 2017.
This week, Daniel Rubino and Zac Bowden talk Microsoft's
Andromeda OS efforts, new Insider builds, the Windows Store being rebranded and a whole lot more.
This week on the Windows Central Podcast: We talk
Andromeda OS, new builds, Microsoft Store rebranding and more!
According to new information coming from Windows Central, the initial version of
Andromeda OS (adaptive Windows 10 with modules) will be mobile - focused, and Microsoft is planning to announce it sometime in 2018.
Windows 10 with Composable Shell (
Andromeda OS) should help device - makers create a wider variety of devices without components they don't need.
Redstone 3 will likely be the last feature update for Windows 10 Mobile before the transition to Windows 10 on ARM and
Andromeda OS with Composable Shell.
Alternatively, Google might decide to replace the Nexus 7 2013 with a new Pixel tablet that is powered by the same
Andromeda OS.
What's more, there's also word that Google will take the wraps off a Huawei - built tablet and the Pixel 3 laptop, which is said to rock the new
Andromeda OS.
Rather than run on the latest Android Nougat, the Nexus 7 2016 tablet is rumored to ship with
Andromeda OS.
And we'd sure like to see something like the new MateBook X running Chrome OS, or maybe even the rumored
Andromeda OS, eventually.
The Project Bison laptop was also expected to come running
Andromeda OS, Google's new operating system that merges the best of Chrome with the best of Android.
This version of Windows 10 is codenamed
Andromeda OS, and is part of Microsoft's Windows Core OS effort internally.
If anything, though, it's a prime of example of why the rumored
Andromeda OS, which could work the laptop - friendly parts of Chrome OS into Android, could be useful.
Not exact matches
Mass Effect:
Andromeda Official Minimum System Requirements CPU: Intel Core i5 - 3570 or AMD FX 6350 GPU: GeForce GTX 660 RAM: 8 GB
OS: Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 (64 - bit versions) HDD: 55 GB free space DirectX: Version 11
Andromeda (not to be confused with the rumored Android / Chrome
OS merger) is the official name given to the new add - on package for the Substratum theme engine.
Internally codenamed
Andromeda, will the hybrid
OS finally be unveiled on Oct. 4?
For device makers,
Andromeda could represent an exciting new opportunity to sell new form factors, such as clamshell, convertible or detachable notebooks running the new
OS.
The
Andromeda hybrid
OS has been in and out of rumors and leaks for a while now, but we don't know the exact make up of the new
OS yet.
While I've seen a lot of completely uninformed fawning over and praise for
Andromeda, I've yet to see an explanation of the advantages that
Andromeda would supposedly provide that would make it superior to the current Chrome
OS with built - in Play Store.
A non-Chromebook-branded Google Pixel 3 laptop, codenamed Bison, is reportedly on the horizon, running the Android - and - Chrome
OS - merging
Andromeda.
We could possibly hear about Google's rumored Fuschia project, which purports to combine Android and Chrome
OS into a single unified platform called
Andromeda, as well as enhancements to Google Home, Daydream and Google Assistant.
Not just this, the October 4 event is also expected reveal about
Andromeda, the supposed merger
OS of the Android and Chrome
OS from Google.
References in the AOSP code hints that Google has been testing out its Android / Chrome
OS hybrid software, known as
Andromeda, on its Nexus 9 tablet.
With
Andromeda potentially following Chrome
OS's model for its boot image rather than Android's, we may see Google attempt to leverage the existing Chrome
OS infrastructure to make Android installations more modular, especially if the leaks that
Andromeda will eventually be able to be installed on virtually any future x86, MIPS, or ARM device are true (which would tie in well with Google and Sony's recent work to provide enhanced theming support, which OEMs can use to apply their customizations).
We may also see Windows Core
OS make an official debut with the
Andromeda device, which is rumored to launch this fall.
There would inevitably be a lengthy crossover period between Chrome
OS and
Andromeda.
Having a desktop - capable
OS living in a phone also presents the possibility of a Microsoft Continuum - like feature in future Android /
Andromeda phones — an exciting prospect for a number of obvious reasons.
And the «made by Google» marketing line — although pedants will point out HTC, as an ODM, is actually behind the Pixel phones — is the first step in a journey that could take us through to new Google tablets and eventually laptops running the rumored «
Andromeda»
OS.
Nobody can quite agree on what form it'll take, but Android on laptops and convertibles — whether it's the rumored
Andromeda project, an extension of Android apps on Chrome
OS, or something entirely different — will happen in 2017.
We know
Andromeda on the Nexus 9 uses freeform window mode — no surprise — and likely adds a bunch of other stuff we haven't seen yet to make it a much better tablet / convertible
OS than Android 7.0 is right now.
If Chrome
OS features are being «merged» into Android to form
Andromeda, which features are they, besides freeform mode which is technically available to anyone building a tablet on Nougat?
Powered by a hybrid
OS featuring Android and Chrome
OS —
Andromeda — the device will be a laptop that could possibly work as a tablet as well.
Exclusive: Google is planning a «Pixel 3» laptop running the «
Andromeda»
OS for release in Q3 2017 on Android Police
Mind you,
Andromeda is separate from the company's ongoing project to bring Android apps into Chrome
OS.
In fact,
Andromeda appears to be the opposite: it's based off of Android, and pulls in features from Chrome
OS.
This week on the Windows Central Podcast: We talk Windows Core
OS, Polaris,
Andromeda and the unreleased Microsoft Band 3!