Facebook is developing a replacement operating system for Android at the moment, the American company wanting to compete with Google, and it has the ability to create something really important. It seems that Facebook has made the decision to develop a replacement operating system for Android because it does not trust those from Google, which of course we have seen in other American companies, and not only, and this has brought other alternative operating systems.
Facebook already uses the Android operating system for some of the products it sells, but of course it doesn't want to be "in the hands" of Google, so it wants its own operating system. Facebook wants to make sure that it can do whatever it wants with its own operating system, without being constrained by the software developed by others, and here comes the need to have an alternative to Android, which it can develop on its own .
Facebook is developing a REPLACEMENT for Android, what it is working on SECRETLY
Facebook wants to make sure that at some point it will not end up in a dispute with Google, and it could have the problems that the Huawei company is going through at the moment, that is, to remain without the operating system. I think that the situation that Huawei is going through at the moment has "opened the eyes" of many companies that depend on Android, and Facebook could be just one of those that will decide to develop its own operating systems for its products.
"Facebook doesn't want its hardware, like Oculus or augmented reality glasses, to be at the mercy of Google because it's based on its Android operating system. That's why Facebook commissioned Mark Lucovsky, co-author of Microsoft's Windows NT, to build the social network from scratch into an operating system."
Facebook has wanted for a long time to have its own operating system, considering that it has so many products and applications, but of course something like that is not that easy to develop. Facebook still has the ability to do whatever it wants because it is a very large company, it has very experienced engineers, and it has the ability to create something like this without directly affecting Google, but also without destroying its collaborative relationship on who has it.
Facebook will not give up applications for Android or iOS in the development process of this operating system, as it is anyway intended for other types of products than phones and tablets.
