It’s no secret that Cyanogen and OnePlus haven’t been on the best terms, but now we’ve heard from Cyanogen itself that the two companies are parting ways due to the different visions that they had regarding the future of CyanogenMod. In order to replace OnePlus, Cyanogen is searching for more, preferably larger smartphone companies to help brings its custom version of Android to the market.
Speaking in Beijing at the Global Mobile Internet Conference, Cyanogen’s Kirt McMaster and Steve Kondik have been discussing the past and future of the fledgling company. After a fairly rocky relationship, it may not surprise you to hear that Cyanogen and OnePlus are parting ways, as Cyanogen looks for new hardware vendors to bring its custom Android OS to market. According to Cyanogen’s Steve Kondik, the two companies ultimately had different goals for its software and, as a result, there were collisions between personal as the two attempted to proceed with their own visions. Not to mention that the two stepped on each other’s toes when it came to launching the OnePlus One in India last year. Cyanogen had already signed an exclusive deal with rival low cost smartphone manufacturer MicroMax, which temporarily banned the sale of OnePlus handsets powered by the custom OS in India.