Starting in September 2026, Android will require all apps to be registered by verified developers, including government ID verification, to be installed on certified devices.[1] This creates challenges for open-source projects like F-Droid that distribute apps from thousands of independent developers.

More significantly, app developers are increasingly including Google’s Play Integrity API which blocks apps from running on custom Android ROMs and rooted devices. When essential apps stop working, users abandon their custom ROM. This slowly erodes the ability to truly control your Android device.[2]

FuriOS sidesteps these issues entirely. As a fully open Linux operating system, it’s not an Android fork working around Google’s controls. You maintain complete freedom to install software from any source without integrity checks or verification barriers.

The FLX1s features three dedicated hardware switches for instant control over your camera, microphone, and modem/GPS. No wondering, no trusting. Just flip a switch.

FuriOS brings desktop Linux power to your pocket. Install software from anywhere. Your phone, your rules.

This is computing the way it should be: transparent, user-respecting, and genuinely yours.
Because at the end of the day, your phone should be a tool that serves you, not a gatekeeper that controls you. That’s the FuriOS difference, and that’s what makes the FLX1s special.
[1] Google Android Developers Blog: “Elevating Android Security” – https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html
[2] Android Open Source Project FAQs – https://source.android.com/docs/setup/about/faqs#main-merge