What is Andromium OS?Īndromium OS promises to create a desktop environment for Android, allowing you to use all your smartphone apps on a big screen - similar to how Chrome OS is now beginning to support Android apps on its desktop platform.Īndromium OS was initially launched 18 months ago and rather than being an entirely new operating system necessitating you to root your Android smartphone, it is in fact just an app which you can download from the Google Play Store and install on any Android smartphone. You can forget Apple trying something this radical, too, so it’s left to Android to pick up the slack.

Microsoft struck on a similar idea with its Continuum feature for Windows 10 Mobile smartphones, but the Microsoft’s declining mobile fortunes don’t bode well for its future. Motorola tried it back 2011 with its Webtop software and Lapdock hardware, but it died within 18 months. Should you do it? Let’s find out.Ĭould your smartphone be the only computer you need? That’s the dream pitched by a new Kickstarter campaign, but it’s not a new dream.

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