It might have taken a while, but a lot of Android One users would probably be very happy to know that CyanogenMod, the popular aftermarket software outfit that tweaks Android into a better version of itself, is now giving it official support. There are only three devices under this Android umbrella, and all three are getting some CM11 love.
Android One was Google’s strategy to reach its “next billion” users, and that was primarily targeted in the Indian sub-continent market. Android One was launched in partnership with three India-based device manufacturers to produce three unique (but also quite similar) Android One devices – the Karbonn Sparkle V, the Micromax Canvas A1, and the Spice Dream UNO.
CyanogenMod has announced via its official blog that these three devices will be receiving weekly builds of CM11 – which is of course based on Android 4.4 Kitkat. They intimated in the blog that CM12 builds for this group of devices is something they are working on, so it might not be too long before these Android One devices also get some Android 5.0 action.
The main difficulty was the fact that these devices were sporting MediaTek processors, and MTK procs are notoriously difficult to work with. But that has been a breakthrough for this version of CM11. Also, the relative similarity of the hardware in the three devices means the CM11 build for all three of them will be unified. The builds are for the devices codenamed “sprout” and the nightlies (weeklies, in truth) are now available for download at the official download page here.
SOURCE: CyanogenMod
