CyanogenMod OS is dead, all services will shut down on December 31

This means that those people who purchased the OnePlus One or Lenovo Zuk Z1 – from now on won’t be getting any further updates. Instead, they must have to switch to the CyanogenMod ROM, which isn’t a commercial version, rather a managed by a community of developers.

Also read: Cyanogen laying off staff; looks to switch strategy from OS to apps

Previous rumours in the past have claimed that Cyanogen was in deep trouble, when the news of the layoffs of 20 per cent of its employees grabbed the headlines in July. Then there was a corporate reshuffling that happened in October that saw Kirt McMaster stepping down as CEO, while COO Lior Tal becoming the CEO.

Steve Kondik, the co-founder of the company, was given the position of the Chief Science Officer.In November, Android Police reported citing sources that Cyanogen will be shut down its Seattle headquarters and will be moving its operations to Palo Alto.

Going forward, Cyanogen is said to focus on a new modular OS program in which it will collaborate with the device makers to build different parts of Cyanogen OS into the software of other Android devices.