Microsoft Teamed Up with Cyanogen, A Smart Move to Defeat Android

As of now, young generation is gaga over the mobile operating system of Google: Android, which is the most preferred one among all firmware such as Windows, iOS and BlackBerry OS. However, competition among all the aforementioned OS is quite tough and providers are striving hard to make their platforms more unique, seamless and user-friendly in order to gain better revenue. In this sequence, Microsoft has taken a forward step by doing a strategic partnership with Cyanogen Inc, company behind CyanogenMod that is itself a highly-customized version of Android.

However, the US-based software provider: Cyanogen is working on Project Caesar that is basically next Cyanogen OS based Micromax smartphone: Yu Yuphoria and it has again heated up the global village by announcing its deal with Redmond giant. This company has released a press note related to the partnership, in which it has been disclosed that Cyanogen will bring Microsoft applications and services to its upcoming OS.

Under the partnership, "Cyanogen will integrate and distribute Microsoft's consumer apps and services across core categories, including productivity, messaging, utilities and cloud-based services. As part of this collaboration, Microsoft will create native integrations on Cyanogen OS, enabling a powerful new class of experiences."

The CEO of Cyanogen Inc: Kirt McMaster has boasted that they are quite excited with collaboration of Microsoft that represents another important step towards their ambition of bringing a world-class mobile experiences among consumers of Cyanogen OS. To recall, this firmware had seen light of the day in India with Micromax YU Yureka, which gives the device revolutionary features, speed, improved battery life, intuitive interface and enhanced security.

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At this place, a question should pop up in your mind that how will Cyanogen provide alternatives to Google services? Well, corporation has mentioned some Microsoft services such as Bing, OneDrive, OneNote, Microsoft Office, Outlook, Skype, which will be substitutes of Search, Google Drive and Gmail receptively, but alternatives to Google Maps, Google Play & its services are the real missing pieces, says Ars Technica.