New Android One devices on the way and Google’s giving manufacturers more freedom than ever
Google’s head of business development for Chrome and Android partnerships Mike Hayes says that new Android One devices will be coming to market from a range of manufacturers this year. Confirmation came in an interview with The Economic Times of India, in which Hayes explained that Google’s low-end Android One devices are now “a part of the broader hardware strategy.” Underpinning Google’s desire to get low-cost handsets running its mobile OS into the potentially hugely lucrative markets like India, Europe, Turkey, the Philippines and Africa is its real goal: to get people using its services, so it can gather yet more data for…
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