14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier this month when Samsung unveiled the Galaxy NotePRO at CES 2014 in Las Vegas, one of the features that drew attention to it, was the Magazine UX interface. Even though the slate runs Google’s OS underneath, the UX looks quite different compared to the standard Android UI.
According to reports (via Tabletpcreview) Google wasn't pleased by this aspect at all and began concocting plans of how to bring Samsung back on the Android bandwagon.
Apparently, the giants have undergone negotiation and a behind-the scenes agreement has already been struck between the two of them.
Google was not only ticked off about the Magazine UX imposition. The fact remains Sammy has been selling tablet models bundled with its own music/video services which directly compete against Google’s, for a while now.
Google seems to have managed to persuade Samsung to shove its own services somewhere in the back and let Google’s back into the spotlight. On top of that, the Korean giant has agreed to a redesign of its tablet interface, one that adopts a more “stock” Android look overall.
So far, Google has been considered an important phone/tablet market thus being into direct competition to Samsung. This might explain the Korean giant’s need to branch out and create something of its own.
And ever since Google acquired Motorola Mobility, the tech giant has been expected to become a more notable presence in the mobile market.
But the fact is, the wind of change is upon Google. A recent unconfirmed report claims Google might discontinue the Nexus line altogether. This means we can say good-bye to Nexus tablets by 2015, which might be replaced by Play Edition slates or be renamed altogether.
On top of that, Google is reportedly selling Motorola to Lenovo, so the competition breach between the search giant and Samsung seems to be getting negligible, so in the future the two might end up supporting one another.