Does app Android5 will be ok on fairphone OS?

Fairphone OS is just the name of Fairphone’s own Android OS on their phones. Fairphone OS is Android, at different versions on the different phones.

Fairphone OS on the Fairphone 1 was Android 4.2 when it ended officially.
An early Android 4.4.2 testing version exists, which couldn’t be finalised because of missing support from chip manufacturer MediaTek … FP1: Macadamia 1.9.9-pre3 Alpha (Android Kitkat).
And an unofficial community effort of Android 4.4.4 exists … Android KitKat (4.4.4) for FP1.
Attempts at a usable Android 5 on the Fairphone 1 went nowhere.

So that’s it. If an App starts needing Android 5 minimum, then you can not run it anymore on the Fairphone 1.

You can not install the Fairphone OS for the Fairphone 2 or 3/3+ on the Fairphone 1, this is technically not possible, it doesn’t work that way.

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