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Google's got a mysterious new project and no one is sure what it's for Google put up code for a new operating system online at github what do we know about this new OS Google's description is pretty sparse pink plus purple equals fuchsia looking at what Google posted online fuchsia is built using the magenta kernel I know what you're thinking now that's so exciting how are you keeping it together is to answer your question it's difficult buddy for those of you who are not thinking that let's try to break down exactly what's going on Google's major operating systems Android and Chrome OS are both built on the Linux kernel a kernel is the base of an operating system it is the first thing that loads when you load an operating system Google's documentation says magenta targets modern phones and modern personal computers with fast processors so whatever fuchsia is it should be able to run on machines that are capable of running Android or Chrome OS so why is Google introducing a new OS that is built on something different from its main two operating systems that's a great question and there aren't any clear answers to this yet this has led to speculation that maybe Google is working to replace its older Android and Chrome OS with something built with you should maybe that guess is far too pedestrian maybe Google is looking for an operating system for a robot army of elephants fuchsia elephants or maybe not that's it for this tech news update I'm Maya's act art and you can stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet.com slash