Late last week, a report claimed that Cyanogen Inc. was laying off 20% of its workforce and planned to “pivot” to “apps” to survive. Many CyanogenMod users and fans seemingly got confused with this report and thought that the future of CyanogenMod was in trouble. 

Now, Cyanogen a.k.a Steve Kondik himself has clarified some of the confusion and shot down some inaccurate reports surrounding Cyanogen Inc. He confirms in his post that CyanogenMod is going nowhere and will continue to live and be funded by Cyanogen Inc. and Steve himself. Plus, the team will continue to work actively on its development. He also reassured that Cyanogen Inc. is not pivoting to apps and that Cyanogen OS is also going to be around.

CyanogenMod is the free, non-profit, open source OS from that is funded by Cyanogen Inc and others. Hundreds of developers from across the globe work actively on its development as their hobby. Cyanogen OS, on the other hand, is a part of Cyanogen Inc. Based on CyanogenMod itself, the OS comes with some proprietary features. It is found on phones like the OnePlus One, ZUK Z1, and other less renowned smartphones.

Kirk McMaster, the loud-mouthed CEO of the company, also said the same thing on Twitter and confirmed that the company did have to release some wonderful people that were working for them.

https://twitter.com/cyanogenone/status/756981213265440768

https://twitter.com/cyanogenone/status/757595584228229120

Cyanogen Inc. has met with limited success despite making a grand entry into the smartphone market with the OnePlus One. The company has failed to live up to the expectations of users of quick and speedy updates. Plus, the company seems to struggle to maintain healthy business relationships with its partners. After a public fight between OnePlus and Cyanogen Inc., the latter started supplying its OS to Yu, a Micromax subsidiary in India, but even that partnership came to an end this year.