After much anticipation, Microsoft launched its extremely first Android device last month. In Corbins review, he called it a phone for lovers, and thats something Microsoft seems to be accepting. Microsoft has actually released the Surface Duos kernel source, which will help third-party developers in building custom-made ROMs and kernels for the unique gadget.
Because Android devices are constructed around Linux kernels distributed under an open-source license, producers are needed to launch the underlying code upon demand. Needless to state, some are better at it than others. Microsoft releasing the kernel early on will assist the Android development neighborhood produce custom ROMs and kernel tweaks for the device that much faster.
When gave us a comprehensive look at the electrical wiring inside last month, Microsoft got off to a great start in sharing details about what makes the Duo tick. Its also one of the few Android OEMs to commit to 3 years of major OS upgrades and ship the device with a fully-unlockable bootloader. Heck, it even published a guide for constructing the kernel together with the codebase. You can take a look at the kernel source code yourself over on Microsofts GitHub repository if youre a developer (or simply curious).
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