Baidu has created its own Android-based mobile platform.

True, this OS for mobile devices, called Baidu Yi, uses the same Android as the basis. Nevertheless, the Chinese developers have changed quite a bit the mobile OS from Google, and believe that they have every right to call the resulting product a new mobile operating system. In addition, Baidu plans to distribute applications for its OS through its own application store, and not through the Android Market. So far, there are no mobile devices based on Baidu Yi, but soon they should appear.

Another major Chinese company, Alibaba Group, also previously introduced its mobile OS Aliyun, also based on Android. This OS, unlike the Baidu product, relies on the use of "cloud" services. According to representatives of the Alibaba Group, Aliyun OS is a worthy competitor to mobile operating systems from Apple, Google, Nokia and Microsoft.
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Chinese companies clone Android, changing it in their own way, because although Google continues to operate in China, many services of the company are blocked in this country. Thus, Android does not allow the Chinese to use all the functions available to residents of other countries. Well, and Chinese companies are replacing the usual services built into Android with their own, suggesting the inhabitants of the Middle Kingdom to use mobile devices with “creatively reworked” OS. In general, this tactic is a success.

As for Baidu Yi, this mobile OS offers users the same functions as Android (even outwardly, these OS are very similar), but instead of Google services, here we use services of Chinese companies, including a map service, synchronization with the cloud, music service and search.

Via theregister