CyanogenOS has officially gone under, which leaves some questions about manufacturers that relied on the custom fork of Android for their devices. OnePlus was one of the first that pretty much completely moved away from it, but there are still a few phones running CyanogenOS that are being left out in the cold.
WileyFox, the British phone maker, is one such company that still has several devices out in the wild running CMOS. The company's original plan was to update all of their devices to Android Nougat, but now that their software fork is DOA, there's a definite wrench in that plan.
But there's good news. WileyFox has gone on record saying that they want to update their entire portfolio of devices (Swift 2, Swift 2 Plus, Spark, Spark+, and Spark X) to Android N, they're just not concrete on the details yet.
We are not commenting on behalf of Cyanogen. Our OS Strategy and Software plan moving forward will be complete soon. We have agreed a smooth transition where we will continue deliver constant and consistent software and OS updates. Our plan is to bring our entire Wileyfox portfolio onto Android N, the latest version of Google Android’s OS, in a timely manner – while still continuing to protect the range with Google software security updates. We will share our full and final plan in due time. Our statement for now is we are confident Wileyfox’s software will continue to evolve and stay pure to Android, enhanced to maximise our consumers’ user experience. Watch this space!
That was comment from a live chat posted by a user on Reddit. To me, it sounds like they're going to release Nougat without CyanogenOS. It'll probably lose some features, but at least it won't get abandoned.
source: Reddit
