[jasonvorhe]

No, it's not. It's already booting into a desktop like UI on the Pixelbook and they've even ported parts of Chrome to it.

It's more like some universal OS for Google products that'll probably be ready for launch in 2-3 years or so. Sure, IoT may be one of the goals of Fuchsia, but I'm sure it's meant for future phones as a step by step replacement for Android and future Chromebooks, probably starting with Pixel devices or whatever they'll rebrand to next year.

[ethbro]

Everyone knew Android made technical compromises for market share (eg security model).

It remains to be seen whether business (legacy Android) or technical (new system arch) will win out at Google.