In December 2015, Mozilla announced it would be abandoning Firefox OS as a smartphone platform. Many assumed the company's withdrawal would kill any hope of a mobile operating system built around the ...

Google is turning startup investor to further its goal of putting Google services like search, maps, and its voice assistant front and center for the next billion internet users in emerging markets.

is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. KaiOS, the phone operating system used on feature phones like ...

WhatsApp has only had limited availability on basic cellphones until now, but Facebook is about to throw the gates wide open. The messaging app is now available on the KaiStore, making it available to ...

The company is bringing modern smartphone apps and experiences to affordable devices. You may have never heard of KaiOS, but there’s a chance you’ve seen its software in action if you have read ...

Worldwide shipments of smart feature phones running KaiOS are forecast to climb 65% in 2019, with the Africa market being the major growth driver, according to Digitimes Research. KaiOS is the third ...

While smartphones are increasingly approaching feature phone pricing, the latter category still has a place. As such, “smart” feature phones exist, and many are powered by KaiOS, though Google ...

Mozilla called it a day with Firefox OS for mobile handsets back in 2015 and said it would test the waters for an IoT effort using some of the same technology (and it has). But that hasn’t spelled the ...

"We're very excited to welcome Atari to the KaiOS ecosystem," said Sebastien Codeville, CEO of KaiOS Technologies. "The classic arrow and keypad format of KaiOS-enabled devices is perfect for ...

KaiOS is the most popular mobile operating system you probably haven’t heard of. Instead of designing software for full-blown smartphones, Hong Kong–based KaiOS Technologies (pronounced ky-O-S) has ...