Cyanogen partners with Microsoft, Google left behind
Microsoft has been in the Cyanogen tie-up rumours since a few months now
Cyanogen is a smartphone operating system company, which brews a modified version of Android and does not rely on Google’s Play Store and other Google services. Cyanogen is more appealing in countries such as China, where Google Play is almost non-existent and other app markets are more prominent. Cyanogen is now rumoured to collaborate with Microsoft for the future development.
Mashable reported that Microsoft is now partnering with Cyanogen to cater to its patrons. Teaming up with Microsoft will allow Cyanogen to bundle Microsoft’s applications, such as Office, Skype, Bing, Outlook and a few others. Microsoft is said to be developing custom versions of the Windows apps for the Android variant.
Recently, Cyanogen was approached by Google for a takeover, but Cyanogen declined the offer. Cyanogen also claimed to raise $80 million as funds, but refused to give out information about Microsoft being one of the partners, stating that there were a few ‘yet to be announced’ partners.
As for now, the information is in the air and yet to be confirmed by either side.