Nothing is contemplating the event of its personal cell working system, in keeping with CEO and founder Carl Pei. The UK startup’s handsets presently run on Google’s Android working system, with a customized interface working on high. Most smartphones at this time run on Android, whereas Apple’s iPhone fashions run on iOS, the corporate’s cell OS. Builders providing entry to standard apps on Android and iOS through the Play Retailer and App Retailer, respectively, whereas Huawei’s HarmonyOS is making an attempt to current a 3rd various, and Nothing might finally be a part of the fray.

Nothing Contemplating Growth of Its Personal Cell Working System

Throughout a discussion with Brian Heater at TechCrunch Disrupt, Pei mentioned that the corporate is exploring the event of a brand new working system to create a brand new income stream for the corporate, whereas additional establishing the startup within the cell trade. “We’re fascinated about how we manoeuvre right here, and possibly create one thing of our personal. Some sort of working system,” he mentioned.

The co-founder and former CEO of OnePlus additionally said that such an working system would come with help for synthetic intelligence (AI) function, however it could not be the “be-all and end-all”. Each Google and Apple have closely invested in options powered by machine studying and synthetic intelligence for his or her newest working system updates.

If Nothing had been to construct its personal OS, the corporate would concentrate on bettering the consumer expertise, benefiting from all the data accessible on units to supply a greater expertise, in keeping with Pei. He mentioned that the corporate might work on the venture even within the absence of funding, and didn’t remark when Heater requested whether or not Nothing deliberate to lift funds to create its personal working system.

Pei’s firm is not the primary to contemplate the event of an working system to problem market leaders Google and Apple. Huawei has changed Android on a few of its units with its personal working system known as HarmonyOS, which provides entry to standard apps through the Huawei AppGallery.

In an effort to efficiently compete with Android and iOS, Nothing would want to supply an identical app market and persuade builders to supply its apps on that platform. The shortage of entry to standard apps is broadly believed to be one of many causes cell working techniques like Home windows Cellphone or Sailfish OS did not compete with Android and iOS.

Nothing beforehand introduced that its upcoming software program updates for its smartphones will probably be based mostly on Android — this consists of the Nothing OS 3.0 replace, which relies on Android 15. If it does develop a brand new cell OS, it’s prone to arrive on a brand new smartphone that’s optimised to work with the corporate’s software program, which means that it might be a number of months till we see a brand new handset with a brand new working system developed by Nothing.