After five years of anticipation, Google has begun the process of releasing Fuchsia, a from-scratch operating system that is distinctly “not Linux.” The first device to get Fuchsia OS is the first-generation Google Nest Hub, but if all goes to plan, owners of the smart display should not even notice that anything changed.
The Fuchsia-based update for the Nest Hub will roll out over the coming months, starting with those in the Preview Program, before eventually becoming more broadly available. Considering the interface and experience will be unchanged, it’s likely that Nest Hub owners won’t even notice they’ve been switched over to Fuchsia OS. That said, Google appears to be moving cautiously with this rollout, moving over the course of months, as switching operating systems is not a simple update.
In Android news, the Google Search got a new beta update this week, and with it the Weather experience has gotten a minor redesign. With the update, the older style Material Design has been replaced with the Google Material Theme, adding a rounded search bar and ditching the navigation drawer.
There are no other changes to the core forecasting experience with the company still leveraging weather.com for data. There are currently some bugs when tapping the search bar to switch cities. Your full list of saved locations is not properly loading.
Pixel Launcher Discover feed on Android 12 can be themed by Doodles in Material You-like manner
Elsewhere in the Google Search beta, the Discover feed found on the leftmost page of Pixel phones’ homescreen has gotten an Android 12 specific change. On Tuesday, we spotted that the feed was getting recolored to match that day’s Google Doodle in a way reminiscent to the upcoming Material You design language
