Vendors interested to utilize Sailfish OS are now able to develop phones and tablets based on many different chipset and hardware configurations. Piggybacking on Android OEMs is a neat way to lower the barrier to entry for Sailfish device-makers. On the hardware side, the startup is likely hoping to encourage Chinese OEMs, which are already churning out Android devices by the truck-load, to add a Sailfish line to their range with minimal effort required in terms of tweaking the hardware to run another OS. Jolla has also confirmed Sailfish is now compatible with Android hardware - noting specifically it’s able “to run on common hardware produced for Android, particularly smartphones and tablets”. Incorporating support for Android apps was always on Jolla’s roadmap but today it’s confirmed that Android apps can now run directly on Sailfish without any modifications - crossing off a key requirement as it tries to establish its platform ahead of launching its own hardware starting in Q4. Jolla, the Finnish startup that’s aiming to build a mobile ecosystem around its MeeGo-based OS, Sailfish, has announced the Sailfish OS is now compatible with the Android ecosystem - on both a hardware and a software level.
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