Android One adds 9 new OEM partners and Qualcomm chipset support

The Android One launch event, presided by Sundar Pichai, is underway in India at the moment. One of the key announcements of this new program from Google, is the addition of 9 new OEM partners and, unsurprisingly, Qualcomm chipset support. This comes after the initial announcement at Google IO, of four partners, Karbonn, Micromax and Spice being the OEMs and Mediatek chipset support, mainly targeted at the Indian market, but it seems like Android One will take the global route with the new OEMs. The list of 9 new OEMs includes some biggies like HTC and Lenovo, with other smaller Indian companies like Xolo, Lava and Intex, along with Panasonic, Alcatel, ASUS and Acer. The addition of Qualcomm as a chip supplier breaks the brief monopoly that MediaTek had over the program. As mentioned earlier, this brings Android One to more markets than just India, and even the competition is all set to get even more intense here in the local market. Lenovo is the only company from the top 5 manufacturers to be present in the list of Android One partners, with Samsung and LG notably missing. It's also interesting to see that ZTE, Huawei or other popular Chinese manufacturers ...

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