BlackBerry 10’s spiritual successor could be coming to your Android phone

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TL;DR

• A developer is building a spiritual successor to BlackBerry 10, called Marathon OS.
• This is a Linux-based mobile platform that features BlackBerry 10-inspired features like Active Frames and a Hub inbox.
• Marathon OS currently runs on the OnePlus 6, with plans to bring it to the OnePlus 6T, POCO F1, and more.

BlackBerry 10 may have been a failed rival to Android and iOS, but it was an intriguing and innovative mobile platform in its own right. Now, an enterprising developer has decided to build a spiritual successor to BlackBerry 10, and it’ll run on Android phones.

Developer Patrick Quinn has announced development of the Marathon OS project, which he claims will be a spiritual successor to BlackBerry 10. Quinn says the platform will include BB10 staples such as the familiar gesture navigation system, a take on the BlackBerry Hub for a unified messaging/notification inbox, and the Active Frames concept. When it comes to the latter, BlackBerry 10 had a home screen that showed currently running apps as card-based windows, and these windows were still able to refresh in real-time. Marathon OS even features the BB10 peek gesture, which allows you to view notifications with a short swipe up.




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