Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

It's still a custom ROM and it's not uncommon for those to be reskinned in interesting or weird ways. Plus, their website already uses the outline of a phone with their logo inside of it, why not make that a screenshot of their ROM with their logo as a background?

Furthermore, I'm interested in what their solution for email, calendars, and all the other Google services look like. If it's AOSP, that's a good reason not to use this ROM. I suspect it's not actually using AOSP's apps, though.




> Furthermore, I'm interested in what their solution for email, calendars, and all the other Google services look like.

There are no built-in apps for that. The only custom apps GOS provides are Auditor (https://attestation.app/), Camera, Calculator¹, Contacts¹, Files¹, Gallery¹, Messaging¹, a hardened PDF viewer, and Vanadium (a hardened version of Chromium). Everything else is up to you.

¹) AOSP app or fork of the AOSP app.




Consider applying for YC's Fall 2025 batch! Applications are open till Aug 4

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: