I thought they were developing Android desktop mode for this?
Is Aluminium going to be a whole new OS? To me, it doesn’t sound like it’s intending to replace mobile Android. It instead sounds like it’s going to use Android as a foundation for a desktop OS, similar to how WearOS uses Android as a foundation.
But it’s still a bit confusing to me though, cause as OP pointed out, its gonna be available across many “form factors,” not just desktop. If this is the case, then maybe they really are intending to replace mobile Android with this.
But I don’t think that implies they are working on a very advanced form of desktop mode (the thing I’d rather want) only that the OS will be available for many form factors.
If I confused anything, please correct me. I wish I were wrong, as I would love a very advanced desktop mode that doubles as my phone and PC.