14 DAY TRIAL // The mobile OS environment is dominated by the likes of Android and iOS, but that doesn't mean that others like Firefox or Jolla haven’t tried penetrating the ecosystem.
And today I bring you news of a new pretender to the throne, coming straight out of China. The new OS called COS (not a very innovative name) has been granted approval by the Chinese government and aims to break the monopoly of foreign software on the Chinese market (via Engadget).
Digital tech company Shanghai Liantong has partnered up with ISCAS (Institute of Software at the Chinese Academy of Sciences) and the country’s Government to produce China’s own OS solution, compatible with tablets and smartphones (and PCs and top boxes, for that matter).
HTC has been said to be a major backer of the project, but the company failed to make any comments on the situation.
COS is based on Linux and is open source. The software has been created hoping to provide better localization for Chinese app and services. As expected, it has been optimized to support Chinese and users will be able to stream multitasking content and access a dedicated app store too.