# Android Silver

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/android-silver/65887>\
**Category:** Unrelated Discussion\
**Created:** [May 2, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/android-silver/65887 "2014-05-02T01:52:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![CaliBuddha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/calibuddha/32/156_2.png) [@CaliBuddha](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/CaliBuddha)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/android-silver/65887/1 "2014-05-02T01:52:05Z")

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What do you folks think about Google’s move from Nexus to Silver? Google having more control over Android, I think, will be a good thing (as opposed to the manufacturers/services doing whatever they want).

[http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/181541-googles-android-silver-program-could-take-on-the-iphone-and-end-the-nexus-brand](http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/181541-googles-android-silver-program-could-take-on-the-iphone-and-end-the-nexus-brand)

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**Author:** ![Bina](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/bina/32/933_2.png) [@Bina](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Bina)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/android-silver/65887/2 "2014-05-02T17:54:06Z")

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I’m afraid it will be end to Nexus devices. I always preffered getting nexus, I think they were always sold for great price and I really liked that you were guaranteed all android updates for few years.

On other hand, I just love pure stock android and I’m happy it will be more available.

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**Author:** ![Yoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/41988e/32.png) [@Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/android-silver/65887/3 "2014-05-02T21:18:35Z")

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Why get rid of the GP editions?

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**Author:** ![Espionage724](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/espionage724/32/1501_2.png) [@Espionage724](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Espionage724)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/android-silver/65887/4 "2014-05-03T03:28:07Z")

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I do like a tighter control over OEMs, but on the other hand, I’ll miss the Nexus devices.

I’m curious as to what Google’s guidelines are though. I imagine the UI would have to be pretty clean/close to stock-Android, but I wonder about the development side. Would we get sources in order to make custom ROMs and/or Kernels?

I can trust Google and their guidelines to provide a clean UI, but I think I’d trust a dedicated developer more to handle the under-the-hood performance.