[actuator]

This would be definitely nice to have but why does core Android itself need to have support for every feature?

We can have open source OSs on top of Android that build with a specific service set. Sort of how Ubuntu builds over Debian.

[zepto]

It doesn’t have to do anything, but if it doesn’t support what are considered standard features of a phone today in an open manner, it’s hard to take AOSP seriously as an open platform.

Also worth noting that when someone does build on top of AOSP, they are at the mercy of Google’s roadmap for the closed versions of Android.

[zepto]

To clarify - I should have said: “it’s hard to take AOSP seriously as an open phone platform”