Cyanogen, one of the most popular custom OS based on Google’s Android operating system, is shutting down development and related services. Cyanogen Inc., the maker of Cyanogen OS, made the announcement in a blog post. The company said that on December 31, 2017, they shut down Cyanogen’s Knightley Build and related services. Will give. At the same time, the open source project ‘CyanogenMod’ was renamed and started a new leadership called Linage. Will. This is the end of commercial cyanogen OS and community based cyanogen mod.

Cyanogen OS is being used on various Android devices, such as OnePlus One phones. Now that the development of Cyanogen OS has stopped, the owners of these devices will have to use another ROM if they want to get the latest updates and security fixes for Android.

Note that Cyanogen OS And Cyanogen mod An important difference between these two operating systems There is. These two softwares are basically customized ROMs of Android. However, CyanogenMod depends on open source and community. Cyanogen OS is a closed source, a commercial product maintained by Cyanogen Inc. Open source CyanogenMod was once hugely popular when big companies like Google and Microsoft wanted to buy it. At that time, the original developers of the ROM built and commercialized the Cyanogen OS without selling the Cyanogen mod.

There was a time when Cyanogen was competing with the original Google Android. It emerged as an alternative to the stock Android ROM. But just as it is impossible to fight crocodiles in the water, it is also extremely difficult to try to be an alternative to Android in Google’s vast Android empire.

In the future, Cyanogen is likely to replace Android as a module for the Android operating system. However, it is not yet certain when it will happen or not.