Since Kobo rebrands as Tolino too and one i had years ago was clearly some sort of Android, i think they are still? Maybe more locked down and under the hood?
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hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months agoI’m not aware of any Kobo using Android.
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 5 months ago
hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
Tolinos use different processors precisely because they run Android, while Kobos do not.
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 5 months ago
Right, now i remember reading about that. Which is why i got an Onyx then. Thanks!
IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 5 months ago
All kobos use a custom OS built on Android…8 (lol). Its not recognizable as Android, but it is the base.
hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
I’m dubious Android even serves as a base for Kobo’s OS. I’ve seen no evidence to support that claim.
IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 5 months ago
No, I forget where exactly it was, but at some point last year I was deep in Rakuten’s documentation and it referenced that the Clara HD’s OS is based on a modified Android 8 kernel.