![]() Later he claimed that the refusal to donate, and his criticism of Console OS shortly thereafter, were not directly linked. unfortunate and it’s a disgrace to open-source." Ĭhih-Wei Huang later confirmed and admitted that he explicitly demanded the money. Additionally, Console called Chih-Wei Huang's effort a "shakedown" - and responded that his letter was ". responded with evidence claiming that Chih-Wei Huang demanded a payment of $50,000 to collaborate on changes and contributions. In December 2015, the creator/administrator of, Chih-Wei Huang, published an article claiming Console OS "stole", and called founder Christopher Price a "cancer" on Android-x86, arguing that a fork could deprive of community attention. Later, Console announced that it new releases would fork the kernel, to continue development. Console claims at this point it was unable to refund Kickstarter backers, citing that Kickstarter will not reverse payment transactions after 90 days.ĭespite this, Console said it had a plan to continue development. Console claims this decision was made in January 2015. Later Console announced that Intel had discontinued Android-IA for PC hardware. ![]() Releases then stalled for most of a year. In 2015, the company released a Lollipop preview release, but took it offline citing major issues. The initial 2014 releases of Console OS KitKat supported most target Kickstarter devices - but not key/major tablets such as the Dell Venue 8 Pro or ASUS's Transformer Book T100, as it committed to. While Intel has discontinued formal support for Android on PC hardware - which Console has repeatedly noted/claimed upstream support a "stated risk" in its risk disclosure section of the Kickstarter - the company has committed to offering backers a courtesy refund as part of their pivot to hardware, once their new products reach general availability.Ĭontroversy, Fork from Console says they still plan to ship Marshmallow later this summer, and is focusing on hardware development to adjust to Intel's reduced processor support for Android. Console cited the uncertain future regarding Intel support of Android source code in the open source community until Intel resumes phone development in a couple years. This provides superior performance, particularly on lower-end systems - but with the disadvantage that the end-user must install the operating system, and cannot easily uninstall the software from inside the original operating system.Īccording to an update on Console OS's Kickstarter page, Console OS is temporarily offline. Unlike alternative solutions for the PC, such as BlueStacks, it does not run Android in an emulator. Ĭonsole OS runs as a native operating system. The Console OS platform, effectively, is the Intel Architecture equivalent to CyanogenMod. The distribution differs from open-source options such as Android-x86 by including commercial, closed-source drivers, codecs, and players. ![]() The funding campaign was successful, raising $78,497 from 5,695 backers. The current number of employees in the company is unknown.Ĭonsole OS is the first commercial distribution of the Android operating system, designed for traditional PC hardware. The company was founded by Christopher Price. That other company renamed itself to Console Connect Inc., and Console Enterprises claims to continue to use Console Inc. In January 2017, the company rebranded to Console Enterprises, resolving a branding dispute with another company also calling itself Console Inc. In mid-2015 the company announced its intention to do business as Console, Inc. It is best known for its Console OS Kickstarter campaign, a project intended on developing a native Android distribution for the PC.Ĭonsole was originally titled Mobile Media Ventures, Inc. Console Enterprises (commonly known as Console) is an American technology company headquartered in Chico, California, that focuses on high-performance Android platform design.
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