Microsoft to Integrate Skype, Cortana, Hyperlapse etc as Mods in Cyanogen OS
Yesterday at MWC 2016, Cyanogen, company known for Android ROMs, and top notch customizations, announced “MODS”. A very simple way to understand is comparing it with the futuristic modular phone, where you can add any hardware you like to enhance the experience. The same is now coming to Cyanogen OS. It is now allowing any 3rd party application to integrate their experiences.
Microsoft & Cyanogen OS had bartered, and working on it and has announced several “Mods” for the Cyanogen Platform. At the end of the day, Microsoft wants to be on all mobile platform, and make sure no matter where their consumers go, they don’t miss the Microsoft services, they are hooked on to.
Our partnership with Cyanogen is part of our ambition to provide great digital experiences to customers across all of their devices, in all aspects of their lives,” said Peggy Johnson, Executive Vice President of Business Development at Microsoft. “MOD reinvents productivity for Android users by giving them access to the power of Microsoft’s services in an engaging and modern way.
Microsoft will also include a Microsoft Hyperlapse Mode, which will help deliver smooth, and stabilize first person videos. You will have access to OneNote mod. Truecaller as a top company to protect from Spam will also roll out Dialer Mod, and so on.
The MOD Ready Program is available now for OEM and MNO partners. The MOD platform will begin rolling out next month on devices with Cyanogen OS 13.0 or greater.
Cyanogen is also working on a new partner program called as Mod Ready which will help to reduce development time for new devices, and service.s
That said, it is interesting to see that Cyanogen is calling this as Post App Era. They want services to integrate themselves into the OS, Rings a bell? Microsoft tried doing that with Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Phone 7, only to disassemble later. However, the approach of Cyanogen is little different here. Mods are same as apps, but the OS allows them to integrate nicely. Windows Phone was bit restricted towards this approach.
