Cyanogen OS to Come Preloaded With 'Removable' Microsoft Apps
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By Ketan Pratap | Updated: 17 April 2015 10:56 IST
Cyanogen and Microsoft have announced a strategic partnership that will
see popular Microsoft services being integrated into Android-based
custom ROM distribution. The deal will see various Microsoft services
and apps such as Bing, Skype, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, and Microsoft
Office being pre-installed in future Cyanogen OS versions.
Cyanogen in
a press statement said,
"Under the partnership, Cyanogen will integrate and distribute
Microsoft's consumer apps and services across core categories, including
productivity, messaging, utilities, and cloud-based services. As part
of this collaboration, Microsoft will create native integrations on
Cyanogen OS, enabling a powerful new class of experiences."
The
Cyanogen confirmed that the deal does not extend to the
community-developed CyanogenMod. It said, "We are not bundling or
pre-installing Microsoft (or any Cyanogen OS exclusive partner apps)
into CyanogenMod."
Further, the CyanogenMod blog
notes,
"CyanogenMod has historically stayed neutral on your services of
choice, whether you use Google, Amazon or Fdroid; we leave that decision
to you and we have no intention of changing that."
Cyanogen had
also confirmed (via
Android Central) that the Microsoft apps that will come bundled on
future Cyanogen OS versions will be 'removable.'
Commenting on the
announcement, Kirt McMaster, CEO of Cyanogen Inc, said, "People around
the world use Cyanogen's operating system and popular Microsoft services
to engage with what matters most to them on their mobile devices. This
exciting partnership with Microsoft will enable us to bring new kinds of
integrated services to mobile users in markets around the world."
Microsoft
was reported to be in talks with Cyanogen to preload its suite of apps
on the company's OS for a while, and a recent report even claimed that
the BLU-made smartphone
with Cyanogen OS launching later this year will include Microsoft
apps instead of Google services.
In other news, Microsoft has
received a blow from two major US mobile carriers who have opted not to
preload few Microsoft apps on their versions of the Samsung Galaxy S6,
despite the partnership between the Redmond giant and the South Korean
manufacturer. According to the Wall Street Journal, both AT&T and Verizon will limit the number of Microsoft apps
that will be come out-of-the-box. The report adds that Verizon's version
of the Galaxy S6 will not come with Skype, OneNote and OneDrive apps
from Microsoft. Meanwhile, AT&T will only put OneNote and Skype apps
on its Galaxy version; leaving OneDrive. These apps however can be
downloaded via Google Play.
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