How one company is trying to push Google out of Android

[Wireless News]

While Google is actively trying to reduce Android fragmentation-by imposing certain conditions to partner companies-—including forcing them to use the latest Android OS versions on new devices in order to get access to Google apps and the Play Store-—-other companies are ready to help OEMs create their own Android forks.-TechCrunch reports-that-Russian giant Yandex has now-released its own Yandex.Kit to help OEMs fork Android to their hearts’ content. Yandex is basically encouraging OEMs to offer users a Google-free Android experience by using its own services instead of the Google services mobile device users will get with Google-approved Android devices. Yandex.Kit will include a variety of apps that primarily target the Russian market, although the company is ready to support other countries

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