AsteroidOS is an open source operating system designed for smartwatches.[3][4] It is available as a firmware replacement for some Android Wear devices.[5] The motto for the AsteroidOS project is "Free your wrist."[6]
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 AsteroidOS 1.0 default watchface | |
| Developer | Florent Revest[1] and the AsteroidOS community |
|---|---|
| Written in | Qt/QML |
| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Active |
| Source model | Open source[2] |
| Marketing target | Smartwatch |
| Official website | asteroidos.org |
Wareable.com reviewed version 1.0 and gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars.[7]
Software Architecture
editAsteroidOS is built like an embedded Linux distribution with OpenEmbedded.[8] It works on top of the Linux kernel and the systemd service manager.[9] AsteroidOS also includes various mobile Linux middlewares originally developed for Mer and Nemo Mobile such as lipstick and MCE.[10]
The user interface is completely written with the Qt5 framework.[8][11] Applications are coded in QML with graphic components coming from Qt Quick and QML-Asteroid. An SDK with a cross-compilation toolchain integrated to Qt Creator can be generated from OpenEmbedded for easier development.[12]
Asteroid-launcher is a Wayland compositor and customizable home screen managing applications, watchfaces, notifications and quick settings. Asteroid-launcher runs on top of the libhybris compatibility layer to make use of Bionic GPU drivers.[13]
AsteroidOS offers Bluetooth Low Energy synchronization capabilities with the asteroid-btsyncd daemon running on top of BlueZ5.[14] A reference client named AsteroidOS Sync is available for Android users.[14][15] There is also a Companion App for Sailfish OS(Starship) and one for Ubuntu Touch(Telescope), but it has not yet been updated to the current release of Ubuntu Touch. An app for Linux-based smartphones like the Librem 5 distributed by Purism is also in the making(Buran), but cannot be used due to a currently still unfixed bug in QT5.
Shipped Applications
editAs of the 1.1 nightly release, the following applications are shipped and pre-installed by default in AsteroidOS:[16]
- Agenda: Provides simple event scheduling capabilities
- Alarm Clock: Makes the watch vibrate at a specific time of day
- Calculator: Allows basic calculations
- Compass: A functional Compass app (only preinstalled on devices with supported sensors)
- Diamonds: A game, which is inspired by 2048.
- Flashlight: A simple flashlight app where the screen acts as a light source.
- Heart Rate: An app for heart-rate-monitor bpm retrieval
- Music: Controls a synchronized device's music player
- Settings: Configures Time, Date, Language, Bluetooth, Brightness, AOD(on supported devices), Nightstand, Wallpapers, Custom Launchers, Watch faces and USB Modes (Charging,ADB ,SSH ,MTP)
- Stopwatch: Measures an elapsed time
- Timer: Counts down a specified time interval
- Weather: Provides weather forecast for five days
See also
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References
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- ^ "AsteroidOS is an Open Source OS for Smartwatches". xda-developers. 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
- ^ "Licenses – AsteroidOS". asteroidos.org. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
- ^ "An open-source alternative to Android Wear OS for smartwatches emerges".
- ^ "AsteroidOS: An Open Source Alternative to Android Wear". 1 March 2016.
- ^ "Install – AsteroidOS".
- ^ "AsteroidOS Homepage".
- ^ "AsteroidOS review". Wareable. June 19, 2018.
- ^ a b Brown, Eric (May 23, 2018). "AsteroidOS and OpenWatch Aim to Open Up Smartwatch Market".
- ^ "Boot Process – AsteroidOS". asteroidos.org. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
- ^ "AsteroidOS/meta-asteroid". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
- ^ "qtcon: QtCon Program". conf.qtcon.org. Archived from the original on 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
- ^ "Creating an Asteroid App – AsteroidOS". asteroidos.org. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
- ^ Prakash, Abhishek (20 January 2016). "AsteroidOS: An Open Source Smartwatch Operating System - It's FOSS".
- ^ a b "Wear OS alternative AsteroidOS is available for several smartwatches". May 16, 2018.
- ^ "AsteroidOS Sync - F-Droid". f-droid.org. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
- ^ Revest, Florent (2018-05-15). "AsteroidOS 1.0 released - AsteroidOS". asteroidos.org. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
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