Zee Media Bureau New Delhi: Following the footsteps of Samsung, Xiaomi and others, Homegrown company Micromax has decided to develop its own OS across platforms along with host of services and apps that will work across smartphones, TVs, tablets and wearables.
According to a report, the company’s software team in Bengaluru is believed to be developing the forked Android OS and about 75 people in design teams have been acquired from Nokia’s R&D in Beijing.
The upcoming OS from Micromax will be similar to other ROMs that are currently available in the market, as it will also be a forked Android version taking advantage of Google’s open source platform.
The firm has been headquartered in Gurgaon. Micromax was established as an IT software company in the year 2000 and worked on embedded platforms.
First Published: Monday, August 24, 2015, 09:21