# Google is releasing Fuchsia OS, starting w/ 1st-gen Nest Hub **URL:** \ **Category:** Backend In The News\ **Tags:** google, nest, in-the-news\ **Created:** [28 May 2021 14:25 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/google-is-releasing-fuchsia-os-starting-w-1st-gen-nest-hub/9990 "2021-05-28T14:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/communitynews/32/1113_2.png) [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Post date:** [28 May 2021 14:25 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/google-is-releasing-fuchsia-os-starting-w-1st-gen-nest-hub/9990/1 "2021-05-28T14:25:19Z")
> Google’s long-in-development, from-scratch operating system, Fuchsia, is now running on real Made by Google devices, namely, the first-generation Nest Hub. > > Google has told us that as of today, an update is beginning to roll out to owners of the first-generation Nest Hub, first released in 2018. For all intents and purposes, this update will not change _any_of the functionality of the Nest Hub, but under the hood, the smart display will be running Fuchsia OS instead of the Linux-based “Cast OS” it used before. In fact, your experience with the Nest Hub should be essentially identical. This is possible because Google’s smart display experience is [built with Flutter](https://twitter.com/timsneath/status/1125868510645669888), which is designed to consistently bring apps to multiple platforms, [Fuchsia included](https://fuchsia.dev/fuchsia-src/glossary?hl=en#flutter)… Read in full here: > **[Google is officially releasing its Fuchsia OS, starting w/ first-gen Nest Hub](https://9to5google.com/2021/05/25/google-releases-fuchsia-os-nest-hub/)** > > Google's long-in-development, from-scratch operating system, Fuchsia, is now running on real Made by Google devices, namely, the Nest Hub. _This thread was posted by one of our members via one of our news source trackers._