PixelOS

I struggled to work out what it was for and why I might want to install it on my Pixel 10 Fold - until it I went to the download page and dawned on me that it's to make non-Pixel phones look like Pixel ones.

It might be worth mentioning the whole reason for this to exist on the site somewhere.

Practically nothing useful on the About page. Can anyone chime in what this is exactly?

So I guess the point of this is to provide a Pixel-like experience to non-Pixel phones? It's a cool idea but I think I'll personally stick with GrapheneOS for my next phone.

Came across it recently, like a week ago, while looking whether my phone has any custom ROMs. Cool but worth noting it's quite in legal gray area. Pixel is trademarked by Google & bundling GApps requires* MADA license from Google & takes* actions to bypass Play Integrity.

*It's why more known custom ROMs (LaOS & crDroid) are distributed without GApps.

**Something certainly great for its users but creates risk for a backlash against custom OSes.

Err...surely Google is going to sue? Can someone tell me how this is legal?

The idea is cool but as some pointed out the "About" page could be a bit more informative on what the rom contains (e.g. what is included, what is planned to be included, what are the limitations etc)

Also there are a lot of devices listed on the website but if you look a bit closer on the website you realize half of them are discontinued (38 active and 44 discontinued to be precise). I did some quick scrapping and this is the current status per brand:

Asus: 2/2 active (100%)

Nothing: 1/1 active (100%)

OnePlus: 8/10 active (80%)

Motorola: 4/5 active (80%)

Sony: 2/3 active (67%)

Realme: 5/10 active (50%)

Xiaomi: 16/33 active (48%)

Samsung: 0/12 active (0%)

Google: 0/4 active (0%)

10or: 0/1 active (0%)

Micromax: 0/1 active (0%)

Total: 38/82 active (46%)

Maybe it would make more sense to try to focus on one or two brands instead of trying to do all of them (at least at this stage)

There is no way Google will let this live right?

I think this is a bad name for the project if they don't want heat from Google.

An OS for the coomer consoomer.

Do it for the 2 XL!!

It's always surprising how many people who like to tinker with their devices also deliberately want to tie themselves more into the Google ecosystem. I would've guessed that the Venn diagram of these two types of people wouldn't have much overlap, but the ROM's popularity kind of speaks for itself.