Yesterday Google announced Android Auto vehicle platform developer documentation. Application Launcher and App home screen, user, action buttons, Drawer and color pattern of these frameworks as well as interactive Google ready, leaving developers free space left to change application icons, names, themes, colors, background images, and custom buttons. As well as Android Wear, manufacturers are also banned custom third-party UI.
Android mobile operating system for mobile phones, flat to "everywhere". Systems to smart watches, cars and television extensions, Google homeopathic tightened the openness of Android.
Android Wear smart watches, for instance. Although Google has some code open source, but it's the core experience of close integration with Google services. Without Google Now, no Google offers Android Wear accessory store, Android Wear Smart Watches do not have availability. Does not work with Google and third-party vendors is difficult to rely on open-source code to make competitive intelligence watches.
From the lessons on the Android mobile operating system, Google this time deprived of right to UI customization vendors. So we see that LG, Samsung, Motorola launched the intelligent Watch system does not differ from competing spelling brands and hardware. It has very similar authorization relationship between Microsoft and PC manufacturers, just Google system licensing fee.
Google are selected on the new device control interactions more closely, have a relationship with these devices the use of harsh, Android Wear at a glance provides information users concerned, when Android Auto design will allow drivers to quickly obtain enough information as possible and then turned his attention back to the car to drive, Android TV show is the core of the content. These scenarios need to be more concise interactive experience, we cannot allow manufacturers to customize the UI to disrupt.
Tighten the openness not only in Android Wear, Android Auto, Android TV these new systems. In mobile phones, Google also continued.
Not to say that Android is open source out. As the operating system Android is open source, Google still maintain the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), AOSP code available to all access to and use, without prior application Google license.
However outside the AOSP,--Google Play Google its own services Services, Google applications are closed-source. These are the real soul of the Android, they form the Android core of applied ecology. Google is through a variety of means to tighten control Android ecosystem.
For example are used in a variety of closed source applications to replace the AOSP, Gallery, input method editors, browsers, cameras--more and more applications to this list, once the Google version, open source version of AOSP stopped development and maintenance. AOSP availability has been relatively weakened.
Google is promoting the new API to application developers and updated by Google Play Services. GCM information push API, Geolocation API, and related to multiplayer game API such as Google accounts system. As more and more applications adopt these APIs,Android with AOSP gradually stripped of applied ecology. Missing AOSP system Google running these third-party applications will not function properly.
Only equipment joined the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) cellphones for their device applications through compatibility testing (CTS) pre-installed Google mobile services (GMS). Google control Android through OHA and CTS two door manufacturers.
Not installed these applications do not? Not to join the OHA, okay?
This is a naïve question ... ... Only do not know how powerful Google services in a foreign country are Chinese readers will ask.
Google is package own application and API for mobile phone manufacturers, All in or nothing. If not installed also don't sell--this phone will not be able to run Gmail on Google Now services, even many third-party games are not available because they rely on Google open source APIs. Not to join the OHA's mobile phone firms in the international market to make any headway because major carriers around the world are members of the OHA, theoretical production models they sell only Union members. 1
OHA rules and user's dependence on their services, Google has tightly controlled Android ecosystem. Cell phone manufacturers say weaker, Google constantly add new pre-installed requirements strictly limit the display and placement. Reported number of preloaded Google applications in the future may reach 20.
In addition to outside the control of ecological, Google is also the desire to limit cell phone vendor customization systems. Earlier this year, Google has asked Samsung to give up the plate of magazine-style UI. Google also promoted in primary system (Stock Android). Nexus is from a development model to a mass consumer goods, controlled by the Google Android software upgrade One project also promote native Android, compete for entry-level users with custom UI tasks.
Material Design is approaching, its style and Samsung's TouchWiz, MIUI and other manufacturers of custom UI will intensify the conflict between.
Google steps to tighten control over the Android, is commercially reasonable choices. Google has tried to open source, restrained the existence of custom manufacturers and operators, it is in order to allow as many players as possible in promotion of Android. Now Android mobile operating system in the world than 80% shares more control may contribute to improve the user experience. In emerging platforms such as wearable, vehicle, need careful care experience and avoid the pitfalls.
For Chinese manufacturers, however, is bad news for Android to closed.
China's "Android" is the vendors to modified UI with AOSP, pre-installed on a variety of applications.
Due to normal use, simply does not allow Google OHA manufacturers in China for sale phone comes pre-loaded with Google services. Millet, Huawei, ZTE and other Chinese handset makers are members of the OHA, Google on their foreign sales of mobile phone services, phone in China do not. This creates application-compatibility issues, a lot of foreign games cannot be run. Companies acquiesce the user to go through a third-party tool download Google services, or directly at the official app store related downloads.
Mobile phone can rely on AOSP holding, but Google doesn't seem to play with Chinese manufacturers on the new platform. This by Google Android Wear tightly controlled experience, closely integrated with the Google service system, the Chinese manufacturers do? From the perspective of industrial chain of fingerprint
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