Could a Google-designed SoC finally end Android fragmentation?

Long ago, when Google was a rising star giving “everything” away for free, Apple was busy revolutionizing the mobile industry with the iPhone. Google fought back, not by creating the “Google Phone”, but by acquiring the Android operating system, spinning up a consortium of carriers, OEMs, and technology providers, and rolling out a massive initiative that has finally surpassed Apple in number of handsets in use. That strategy, and the momentum behind it, has one flaw that self-professed pundits continue to proclaim: Android fragmentation.Android Fragmentation

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