Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in early 2017 that emerging markets like India could really use smartphones that cost as little as $30. Android Go, which was announced at the company's I/O developer conference later that year, was a direct move toward realizing that vision. Long story short, it's a way to bring an up-to-date Android to experience to everyone, no matter how limited their budget.
Here we are a year later, and we've seen Android Oreo Go Edition devices popping up on store shelves around the world. ZTE has one. Nokia has a few, and Motorola and Samsung are gearing up to release to their first. But what is it actually like to use? To find out, I've been testing an Alcatel 1X — so far the only Go-edition device available in the US — and it quickly became clear that Android Go isn't just a software platform. It's a series of compromises, intricately laid atop each other, all in hopes of making Android even better for cheap phones.
Android Oreo Go Edition review: Scaled-down software meets cheap hardware posted first on https://www.engadget.com
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