Indian government wants to develop a new smartphone OS

26 January 2022
The officials are looking for startups and academic institutions to take part.

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  • YQS
  • 26 Jan 2022

I welcome a third option if it is any good as Android.

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    • Anonymous
    • YQC
    • 26 Jan 2022

    If this works out well then it can give quite a competition to iOS and Android, but will take time to be as good. And like always, apps are everything

      It will probably be an android fork like harmony OS.

        well India has everything to achieve it, but who are the target users? the only space where as of now this thing can be a success is in IoT. I'm India it's still in very nascent stage. I bet TCS, Infosys, HCL etc can get well so it.

        But where is the ecosystem of appliances this thing will run on? Any domestic home appliance giant you can think of? its dominated by Samsung as of now in India and why would they use this OS.

        Hardware gotta be indeginous for the software's indeginization to succeed. And we still don't manufacture chips. Where are the indigenous processors to bring the hardware n software together?

        Will easily take 10+years and no guarantee of wide success as such. But a very good idea on paper from sovereignty perspective.

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          • 26 Jan 2022

          Wouldn't trust China or India with my personal data due to scams they have in those developing countries, only a US or an European OS can be accepted. Imagine CCP or Indian govt having to spy on us.

            Anonymous, 26 Jan 2022Does any other country have a Ministry of Electronics and IT?Maybe not, never heard about it. In the same time they have many of the great developers, so i really expect something good coming 👌🏻

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              • Anonymous
              • vGV
              • 26 Jan 2022

              Will it be Based on Linux

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                • Anonymous
                • m4i
                • 26 Jan 2022

                Just like Huawei

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 7kk
                  • 26 Jan 2022

                  Adul Al Salami Kebab, 26 Jan 2022I would welcome a 3rd option, tough I got the feeling this ... moreI thought same

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                    • Adul Al Salami Kebab
                    • gx$
                    • 26 Jan 2022

                    I would welcome a 3rd option, tough I got the feeling this will be some locked down OS for people in govt only to make sure no enemy entity can spy.

                      Sorry BIG Brother, not this time.

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 26 Jan 2022

                        Good & potential initiative. Hope it will be a reality.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • xq5
                          • 26 Jan 2022

                          Can't beat android. Even iOS can't do that.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Dk5
                            • 26 Jan 2022

                            And they should name it PegasusOS, which would go perfectly with their intentions. Perfectly content with Windows and Android, thank you very much.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 7kk
                              • 26 Jan 2022

                              Anonymous, 26 Jan 2022Does any other country have a Ministry of Electronics and IT?Don't know but electronics and IT play major role in economy of India... so there is ministry for that

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                                • mCq
                                • 26 Jan 2022

                                With mister Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella India makes the best out of Windows and Android
                                Proud Indian🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 26 Jan 2022

                                  Not going to pull through unless a revolutionary UI is created. And then it's about money. Have to see wether competition is still viable in our day and age. Plenty of manufacturers out there using Android but all offering more or less the same thing.

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                                    • 3xq
                                    • 26 Jan 2022

                                    A third os musn't be an android fork.

                                      high optimism to beat the giants
                                      LeL

                                        Anonymous, 26 Jan 2022I hope somebody is going to develop OS that can kill or at ... moreGood thing about windows you can run it alongside anything you want, Lot of governments and institutions use linux distro in Mac and devices which meant to be used for windows. One person can run Hackintosh, Windows, Android and dozens of linux distro and other os. So no one force you.