Cloud-based app taps into Solana to bring life to old devices

A new virtual smartphone application has launched on Solana’s blockchain and Aethir’s decentralized cloud infrastructure aimed at users with outdated hardware and those in emerging economies.

Mobile device users in emerging economies and those hampered by outdated hardware could tap into a new virtual smartphone application running on Solana’s blockchain and decentralized cloud infrastructure.

Aphone debuted in the Solana ecosystem on March 7 as a web-based virtual smartphone that gives users access to various Web3 and conventional applications. APhone ecosystem development and growth lead Jennifer Booze unpacked details of the service in correspondence with Cointelegraph following its launch.

Aphone looks and feels like an Android smartphone and is platform-agnostic, meaning it can operate on a browser, Android or Apple device. Booze says it functions more like an operating system with its interface, features and underlying technology rather than replacing a device’s operating system.

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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/virtual-smartphone-launches-solana