Most mobile operators prefer to use Android, with its own interface and features. Huawei bucked the trend by developing Harmony OS, but it was a necessity due to geopolitical restrictions. Despite its vast resources, Huawei has faced major challenges in creating an alternative platform to Android.
Other phone operating systems, such as Windows Phone and webOS, have also been discontinued.
Mobile maker Nothing, known for shaking up market norms, is now planning to create its own operating system from scratch, reports Techcrunch. At Techcrunch Disrupt 2024, the company’s founder and CEO Carl Pei confirmed that Nothing is exploring what a proprietary Nothing operating system could mean.
Pei criticized the duopoly between Google and Apple. “We’re thinking about how we’ll maneuver here…and maybe we’ll create something of our own.” A kind of operating system,” he said. The goal would be to both amplify Nothing’s impact on the industry and create a new revenue stream.
Pei noted that a proprietary operating system would not only give the company greater control over the user experience, but would also be more cost-effective than hardware, with its high costs and risks. It already offers an interesting skin for its Android phones (see above) which is already called “Nothing OS”.
He explained that the development of AI technology has made it easier to create operating systems today and that Nothing can focus on improving the user experience rather than the technical basics such as hardware drivers and core components.
Nothing announced last week about the Glow-in-the-dark Phone (2a) Plus Community Edition.
This article was originally published on our sister publication M3 and was translated and adapted from Swedish.
