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minus-squarehamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoI’m not aware of any Kobo using Android.
minus-squareIrritableOcelot@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoAll kobos use a custom OS built on Android…8 (lol). Its not recognizable as Android, but it is the base.
minus-squarehamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 months agoI’m dubious Android even serves as a base for Kobo’s OS. I’ve seen no evidence to support that claim. EDIT: if you are referring to Tolinos, they are not simple rebrands of Kobos.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoSince Kobo rebrands as Tolino too and one i had years ago was clearly some sort of Android, i think they are still? Maybe more locked down and under the hood?
minus-squarehamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoTolinos use different processors precisely because they run Android, while Kobos do not.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoRight, now i remember reading about that. Which is why i got an Onyx then. Thanks!
I’m not aware of any Kobo using Android.
All kobos use a custom OS built on Android…8 (lol). Its not recognizable as Android, but it is the base.
I’m dubious Android even serves as a base for Kobo’s OS. I’ve seen no evidence to support that claim.
EDIT: if you are referring to Tolinos, they are not simple rebrands of Kobos.
Since Kobo rebrands as Tolino too and one i had years ago was clearly some sort of Android, i think they are still? Maybe more locked down and under the hood?
Tolinos use different processors precisely because they run Android, while Kobos do not.
Right, now i remember reading about that. Which is why i got an Onyx then. Thanks!