Mobile OS "Yandex.Kit" surrendered without a fight: the project is closed
The work on the Yandex.Kit mobile OS has been stopped . The company “Yandex” explains this by the dominance of Google in the market of mobile services. SPB Software programmers, acquired by Yandex in 2011, worked on the project. The company planned to develop a new operating system for smartphones and tablets based on open source Android .
In 2014, the operating system was produced on some models of devices Explay , Huawei , Smarto , DEXP . Trial sales of devices based on Yandex.Kit showed that the platform cannot compete with Google. However, according to Media Markt, in November 2014, Smarto tablets with Yandex.Kit on board took the first place in sales in the category of “tablets”.
Experts believe that the reason for stopping the project is not only the unequal struggle with Google, but also the initial lack of interest of vendors and customers to the new OS, RBC reports .
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In April of this year, the Yandex.Kit development team left an entry on Facebook on the project page with the words: “Farewell, Yandex,” Rusbase reports . Some developers left the company, and some went on to other projects.
The company "Yandex" hoped that the new OS will complete the process of replacing the pre-installed Google services with similar services "Yandex" on the Russian market. Intensive distribution of Android OS in Russia does not allow to complete this process. According to J'son & Partners Consulting, in 2010 the share of Android in the Russian smartphone market was 11%, in 2011 - 29%, in 2012 - already 58%. And in 2014 it became known that Android OS is installed on 86% of smartphones in Russia.
In 2014, the operating system was produced on some models of devices Explay , Huawei , Smarto , DEXP . Trial sales of devices based on Yandex.Kit showed that the platform cannot compete with Google. However, according to Media Markt, in November 2014, Smarto tablets with Yandex.Kit on board took the first place in sales in the category of “tablets”.
Experts believe that the reason for stopping the project is not only the unequal struggle with Google, but also the initial lack of interest of vendors and customers to the new OS, RBC reports .
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In April of this year, the Yandex.Kit development team left an entry on Facebook on the project page with the words: “Farewell, Yandex,” Rusbase reports . Some developers left the company, and some went on to other projects.
The company "Yandex" hoped that the new OS will complete the process of replacing the pre-installed Google services with similar services "Yandex" on the Russian market. Intensive distribution of Android OS in Russia does not allow to complete this process. According to J'son & Partners Consulting, in 2010 the share of Android in the Russian smartphone market was 11%, in 2011 - 29%, in 2012 - already 58%. And in 2014 it became known that Android OS is installed on 86% of smartphones in Russia.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/290348/
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