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Google wants you to help build its Fuchsia operating system

Venture Beast

Google today announced that Fuchsia, its open-source operating system is welcoming contributions from the public. The company is expanding Fuchsia’s open source model to make it easier for public engagement.

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Google and Canonical bring Flutter apps to Linux and the Snap Store

Venture Beast

Google is partnering with the Ubuntu Desktop team at Canonical to bring Linux support to its open source UI framework Flutter. Read More.

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Your car is about to go open source

Galido

Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones. Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones.

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Google found guilty of restricting Android forks in South Korea, fined $177 million

The Verge

Google has been fined 207.4 Specifically, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) is taking issue with the anti-fragmentation agreements (AFA) Google has manufacturers like Samsung sign, which prevents it from making changes to the operating system. Google intends to appeal. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Android 12 may be released on October 4th

The Verge

The next version of Google’s mobile operating system features the new Material You visual design and has been in public beta since May. October 4th is the date Google lists as the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) release of Android 12 in the document.

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Apple and Google want to turn your phone into a Covid-tracking machine

Vox

The contact-tracing tool Apple and Google want to create would have your smartphone log when you’ve come into close contact with other people. Those are the broad strokes of what’s sure to be a very complex public-health-focused surveillance system. The new contact-tracing tool, explained. The tool will start rolling out in May.

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Perhaps months too late, the Apple-Google Covid-19 contact tracing tool comes to America

Vox

The Apple-Google coronavirus exposure notification tool , which the companies are offering to public health authorities to help build their Bluetooth-based Covid-19 contact tracing apps, was announced in April and debuted in May. The app is called Covidwise and is available now in Apple’s and Google ’s respective app stores.

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