Cyanogen Teams with Qualcomm and Alcatel

Cyanogen partners Qualcomm and Alcatel

Earlier this year, Cyanogen, developers of Cyanogen OS, a free smartphone operating system based on Android, broke up with handset maker OnePlus. While many believed that this was a blow to the Cyanogen, to our surprise, it recovered by inking a good deal with popular chip maker Qualcomm, the famous smartphone device chip maker.

The deal will pave way for select features and UI elements from Cyanogen OS to be installed on Qualcomm's upcoming reference designs powered by QualComm's Snap Dragon 200, 400 and 600 processors. The reference designs are a way for smaller companies to pick up smartphone templates and release then under their own brand.

Further, Cyanogen teamed up with handset maker Alcatel to install Cyanogen OS on Hero 2+ smartphones that will be made available in the U.S market this spring. The trend of Cyanogen OS getting moment with various handset manufacturers experimenting them at production level. If such trend continue, the prominence of Android will take a deep dent in the smartphone market. The local smartphone makers are keen on improvising smartphone user experience which lead to installation of Cyanogen OS at production level. The level of customization has attracted Android users towards Cyanogen smartphones.