From July 1, 2020, domestic applications will appear on smartphones, tablets and smart watches. This will happen a year earlier than expected by electronics manufacturers. These terms are indicated in the updated version of the draft resolution, "Vedomosti".
The Federal Antimonopoly Service offered to install Russian software on smartphones from July 1, 2020, on tablets and wearable devices - from July 1, 2021, on computers - from July 1, 2022. They were planned to be installed on smart TVs and set-top boxes from 1 July 2023
Now, “wireless communication equipment for domestic use with a touch screen and two or more functions” should receive domestic software from July 1, 2020. This category includes not only smartphones, but also tablets and smart watches.
In addition, there are requirements for programs. Getting into the list of alternatives is possible if its monthly audience is at least 100 thousand people. At the same time, if manufacturers have received refusals from all software developers, and also if the programs are incompatible with the hardware, you can not preinstall applications. True, this must be reported 2 months before the start of production of the device.
RATEK believes that this could lead to the protection of large companies and provoke a collapse in the mass consumer electronics market. Note that earlier it was the manufacturers of equipment who asked to delay the introduction of new standards. But the software developers for acceleration.
Source: 3dnews.ru