If you haven’t heard the name Fuchsia ever, then you might have been living under the rock. Google has been working on its new open-source operating system dubbed Fuchsia for quite some time now. We’ve been hearing about the software for around 5 years now. The software is claimed to be a potential replacement for Android by the tech community. Well, the operating system has now been making rounds on the internet once again. This time we’re looking at Google Nest Hub powered by Fuchsia OS.
The good folks over at 9to5Google managed
to spot Google Nest Hub running Fuchsia OS on the Bluetooth SIG database. This
is not the first time we’re heading about hardware running the operating
system. The search engine giant has reportedly been testing the software on
multiple devices. It includes Google Pixelbook, Nest Hub, and Nest Hub Max.
Well, one of them has now appeared on the regulatory body.
The listing mentions the software version
number as Fuchsia 1.0. If you’re confused, then this is the 2018 version of the
original smart display dubbed Home Hub initially. The listing also mentions
Fuchsia’s Bluetooth documentation as the ‘Product Website’. The key thing to
note here is the fact that the listing mentions ‘Fuchsia 1.0’ instead of the
usual Cast platform.
With that said, the listing suggests that
Google is indeed testing its operating system on various hardware. In no way
indicates that the software is arriving for your Nest Hub. With that said, you
can not try out the software on your Google Nest Hub. The retail units have
security measures disabling the use of unsigned software. For you to try out
the new software, Google would have to put an official build. The Nest Hub,
that has appeared on the listing, is most likely a modified version that Google
must have provided to the developers.
