I had the same experience at Amazon with their secret projects, including each iteration of their kindle fires

Yeah, every company kinda does this. It seems like most of the the time it's a combination of:

a) we have no idea if this is unique or not (hint: a Kindle Fire revision probably isn't)

b) it makes things seem more exciting.

The weird thing about Fuchsia is that all of the development is done in the open, but noone wants to give any context.

Well if the company is publicly traded, secrecy of internal matters is a legal requirement and contingency of employment.

By default, certainly.

Btw: In February I spent some time looking at the then about 100 committers to Fuchsia/Flutter. Some quite impressive names. I think Fuchsia is a really serious effort in the Chrome team.

> I think Fuchsia is a really serious effort in the Chrome team.

There's definitely a lot of ex-Chrome people there, but I don't think it follows that it is in any way in the Chrome team. I'm still curious as to why all of them are essentially creating a new OS, though! Quite the departure from what they've worked on before (and many have been working on the web for two decades).

Aren't we comparing apples and oranges here? This is the O Beta. I'm sure O will be supported on the Nexus 6 once it's officially out.

No, the Nexus 6 has reached end-of-life and will not be receiving any more non-security updates. It already missed the tiny 7.1.2 maintenance update, so Google is serious about their EOL dates.

https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705#nexus_device...

It is apple and oranges.

The situation is pretty complex but the support libs & play services are available on virtually all devices (API 9+ IIRC, but anything older would not be able to run most modern apps).

Does the same applies to old iPhones? Can the iPhone 5 run the most recent version of let's say the Facebook/Messenger app?

Yes. The iPhone 5 has received iOS 10, so it can run all iOS 10 apps in their most recent versions. There are some (mostly hardware) features that iPhone 5 users don't have access to (e.g. 3D Touch) so they might not be able to use all power features, but that doesn't prevent you from using the complete fully updated app catalog.

As an iPhone 5S user, I don't feel like I'm disadvantaged at all from having a phone that is three generations behind.

Sorry, I mean to ask about the performance aspect.

But I guess that's up to the developer anyhow.

Thanks for your reply. (A few of my friends also use 5s and they also feel it's still pretty okay.)

I believe the Nexus 6 is too old to get any future major updates. Last I read, they pulled the 7.1.1 update, downgrading these users to 7.0. It appears that you can still sideload 7.1 onto a Nexus 6, but will not currently receive OTA updates.

https://9to5google.com/2017/03/15/nexus-6-android-7-1-1-down...

Google has flat out said they won't support any devices past 18 months. The Pixel may not even receive any updates after O.

Well, to be explicit, they set the minimum timeframe. For example, the Nexus Player is still on the latest version of Android and will/should receive 'O'

(Not letting google off the hook here. What they're doing isn't great and they should do better. Just saying your statement isn't entirely correct)

I beta tested the mobile app, great tool for keeping an eye on stats/crahes. Highly recommended.

Why didn't you just continue driving outside of times people normally leave bars/clubs?

I had/have a real job as a software engineer that pays an order of magnitude more than driving for Uber. Also the guy that puked all over my car did it at 7:00 so not exactly the time you might have expected something like that to happen. Wasn't worth it for me.

Very cool idea!

Typo: "A music player should fast and lightweight."

I think you're missing a "be" there, on the http://www.enqueueapp.com/features.html page