Google’s scrapped Fuchsia UI has been revived in a web app

Remember Fuchsia? Google’s second OS project has faded into the background, but a neat project revives the “Armadillo” UI that first brought Fuchsia to public attention.

It’s been around a decade since word of Google’s work on Fuchsia first surfaced and, way back in 2017, we covered an early look at Google’s initial concept for a user interface built on Fuchsia. Known as “Armadillo,” the early UI took a totally different approach, with a quick settings hub at the bottom and recent apps above in reverse chronological order.

Long-time 9to5Google writer Kyle Bradshaw was the one who first publicized that UI, and he covered Fuchsia developments for years. Google, though, never really used this “Armadillo” UI, with Fuchsia eventually just becoming the backbone of Nest Hub smart displays starting in 2021 and this UI concept largely scrapped.

Now, it’s back – sort of.

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