Ngaphansi kobuholi bukaSatya Nadella (umphathi omkhulu we-Microsoft), inkampani isiphenduke umlingani womphakathi ovulekile womthombo.
Futhi ukuthi kanye namaphrojekthi womthombo ovulekile njengeChromium neGitHub, i-giant technology nayo ifuna ukusiza i-Android ukuthi isebenzisane kangcono ne-hardware yesizukulwane esilandelayo.
Eqinisweni, njengeChromium, nayo enakekelwa yiGoogle, noma ngubani angathatha ikhodi yomthombo we-Android futhi azenzele eyakhe inguqulo ye-Android. AbakwaNokia benze ipulatifomu yabo "X" esekwe ku-Android kanti i-Amazon nayo izenzele eyayo inguqulo ye-Android isebenzisa ikhodi ephuma ku "Android Open Source Project (AOSP)".
Ngokubandakanyeka kwakho ekuthuthukisweni komthombo ovulekile, Imininingwane yakamuva ikhombisa ukuthi iMicrosoft ingenye yezinto ezinhle kakhulu ezingenzeka ku-Chrome.
Ngesiphequluli esisha se-Edge, AbakwaMicrosoft bathathe indlela "uma ungeke ubashaye, bajoyine" futhi kubonakala kusebenza kahle ukuvuna inkampani inikezwe imibiko yakamuva yamasheya emakethe.
Ngokombiko wesabelo semakethe sesiphequluli sango-Okthoba 2020, yize iGoogle Chrome isenenzuzo enhle kuneMicrosoft Edge, izibalo zakamuva zikhombisa ukuthi isiphequluli seMicrosoft manje sesinesabelo semakethe yedeskithophu esingu-10.22%, ukubamba iqhaza okwakungu-8.84% ngoSepthemba.
Ezinye izindaba zakamuva ezembuliwe, ukuthi 1Onjiniyela abangama-61 bethimba leMicrosoft Edge benze ngaphezulu kokuzibophezela kwe-1.835 kuphrojekthi yeChromium umthombo ovulekile kusukela ngoNovemba ngonyaka odlule. IMicrosoft isebenze ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene kubandakanya ibhethri, inkumbulo, ukusebenza, ubumfihlo, ukuklama, ukudlala imidiya, ukulawula ifomu le-HTML, nokuningi. Iminikelo yeMicrosoft kuPhrojekthi yeChromium isivele ilethe izinzuzo eziningi ku-Edge yayo, kuGoogle Chrome, nakwezinye iziphequluli.
IMicrosoft iyaqhubeka nokufaka isandla ekusakazweni okungaguquki kwezici ezintsha ze-Chromium. Eqinisweni, ukuyekethisa ngamakhodi inkampani esebenza kukho kuze kube sekupheleni kukaNovemba kwembula ukuthi inkampani enkulu yezobuchwepheshe ihlela ukwenza ngcono ukuphepha kwesiphequluli nge- "administrator" noma indlela ephakeme yezimvume.
Ngokomlando, IMicrosoft ibibambe iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwe-Android. Eminyakeni yakamuva, umenzi weWindows isibe umlingani we-Android futhi iMicrosoft ikhiphe izinhlelo eziningi eziwusizo zepulatifomu yeselula. IMicrosoft manje inikela ngenkuthalo ekuthuthukiseni uhlelo olusebenzayo lwe-Android uqobo.
Futhi yilokho IMicrosoft yenze okungaphezulu kwama-80 code commits kwepulatifomu ye-Android, ngokusho kwekhasi lokubuyekezwa kwe-Google le-Google, futhi ngenkuthalo lenza izinguquko ku-Android ukuvumela ukuhlanganiswa okungcono nehardware elandelayo. NgoNovemba 24, iMicrosoft ikuqinisekisile ukuthi isebenza ku-API entsha ("Dark Regions API") ye-Android.
“I-Dark Regions API ingeza imininingwane mayelana nezifunda zesikrini ezifihlwe eminye imisebenzi noma i-interface yomsebenzisi wohlelo. I-API izovumela unjiniyela ukuthi asakaze umuzwa abuyele ezifundeni ezibonakalayo. Isibonelo, iLauncher ingaqhakambisa idrowa layo elingezansi ezifundeni ezingavaliwe ukuze umsebenzisi aqalise olunye uhlelo lokusebenza, ”kuphawula iMicrosoft.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, IMicrosoft ingeza abanye onjiniyela nonjiniyela eqenjini umfundi osebenza eSurface Duo, Surface Duo 2 naku-Android.
Kusukela ngonyaka owedlule, iMicrosoft ilungiselele okuthile okungajwayelekile futhi okunqume ngokuhlukile. Uhlelo olucacile lweMicrosoft lokufaka i-Android endaweni entsha, kwi-smartphone enezikrini ezimbili, lungaba nomthelela omkhulu hhayi kuphela ekusaseni leplatifomu, kepha nakubuchwepheshe beselula jikelele.
I-Linux isivele ihlanganiswe neWindows nayo njengengxenye ye- "Windows Subsystem for Linux", futhi ngoMsombuluko siyifundile iMicrosoftt nayo isebenza ku Isistimu engaphansi ye-Android Windows 10.
Isistimu entsha engaphansi kuzovumela abathuthukisi bohlelo lokusebenza ukuthi basebenzise izinhlelo zabo ze-Android ku Windows 10, ngezinguquko ezincane noma ezingekho nhlobo.
Le phrojekthi ibizwa ngegama elithi "Latte," ngokusho kweWindows Central, ecacisa ukuthi umkhiqizo uzoba ngonyaka ozayo.