Anthod 10

Not to be confused with Anthod 10.

Anthod 10

Developer	Anthod and Antsamedia
Written in	Anthod+, ANHAD
OS family	Anthod Software
Source model	Open source Source-available (through Shared Source Initiative) some components closed-source
Released to manufacturing	October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12)
General availability	October 24, 2020 (2020-10-24)
Marketing target	smartphone
Available in	193 languages
Update method	Anthod Update Antsamedia Store Antsamedia Server Update Services (AMFSUS)
Platforms	1801 series CPU, Android Pie, KOMDIV-32, KOMDIV-64, Android, Apple
Kernel type	Hybrid (Antsamedia NT)
Userland	Anthod API .AMF Framework Universal Antsamedia Platform Anthod Subsystem for Android
Default user interface	Anthod Shell (Graphical)
Preceded by	Anthod 9 (2020)
Official website	{{#property:P856}}

Anthod 10 is a graphical user interface for Anthod Software operating system configuration and Antsamedia smartphones. Anthod 10 is the successor to Anthod 9 and Anthod 10 is not available for computers, only for phones.

Anthod 10 is Anthod's first operating system for phones, and was released in October 2020.

Although the Anthod 10 is only aimed at smartphones, it is still part of the Antsamedia NT series. Anthod 10 works with Android and uses some of the same components. Otherwise, Anthod 10 differs from Android very much.

Anthod was originally intended to only get certain phones, and even new ready-made phones already at the factory. But then Anthod, however, told the media that this would become too expensive. Thus, the Anthod 10 was put to an Internet address for everyone to download, i.e., anyone can download the Anthod 10 operating system to their own phone from the network. However, this requires small steps.

If you don't like Anthod 10 afterwards, you can switch the Anthod interface back to Android or the previous operating system.

Anthod was officially released on October 24, 2020.

Development

According to Anton Ehrola, the founder of Antsamedia, this operating system for smartphones is intended to be eco-friendly for all phones, and the operating system would be as carbon-neutral as possible, as mentioned in Antsamedia's 2035 emissions target. Ehrola also mentioned that Anthod might even be the only operating system in the world that has been tried to be completely carbon neutral, and Anthod Mobile 10, or Anthod 10, would take advantage of the software ecosystem, which Anthod 10, for example, also takes advantage of. According to Antsamedia, carbon neutrality has been achieved quite well for Anthod 10 when carbon neutrality was measured at 12%. It was facilitated by, for example, the Antsamedia NT and Antsamedia LEG systems. Anthod 10 is not programmed or coded using Antsamedia Code. Anthod 10 building technology is not known and nothing has been found out about it. However, it has been speculated that the Anthod 10 operating system will take advantage of reactive technology, among other things, and some of the same components with Android. However, this has not been proven, but one IT-savvy writer said so in his book.

The next day, an IT expert took over the system from Anthod 10 publication. He described the software as "an opportunity for a carbon-neutral future" and that Anthod uses wavy intelligent technology as a downside. And that Anthod would also be somewhat based on the operating systems that smartwatches use.

In an anonymous interview, the permanent expert said that Anthod 10 may even include too many options for some users to customize the operating system to their own appearance, and that Anthod has a wealth of "extra" features.

From the beginning, Anthod wanted the phone with Anthod 10 to be able to play wirelessly on PlayStation or xBox consoles, for example. A great deal of attention was paid to it in building the operating system, and the company later announced that that goal had been successfully achieved. This utilizes technology that has not been published, even though the operating system is completely open source.

Anthod will be installed on your smartphone from the website. Anthod supports all possible smartphones, both iPhones and others. Anthod is downloaded to the phone and can be found in the "anthod10.system.ipu.anthd" folder. When you open it, only the file "install.apk" is displayed. Once installed, you will be taken to an application called "Install Anthod 10". All you have to do is press the "Install" button and the device will start to change to Anthod. However, some phones warn you that the phone may enter an error state. However, this is not the case and Anthod 10 has been programmed to be very safe and has been tested by professional authorities.

Once Anthod is installed on the phone, it will ask the user for a first name and last name. This step cannot be skipped. This information is stored only on the user's own phone, meaning that even the management of the Anthod operating system cannot see people's information.

Then a message will appear stating that the user has successfully downloaded Anthod: "Hello. You have successfully downloaded Anthod 10. Let's get started."

Then the user should slide various options and settings on the screen. These include notification settings, screen off settings, voice control, and other smart modes, among others. This is called open source even though some of the components of Anthod are closed source.

When this step is completed, you will be taken to the front page of your phone. An alternate settings bar appears next to it, but pressing and holding it disappears. The Anthod phone has all the Antsamedia Tools software such as Antsacall, Antsamessages, Antsachat, Antsacamera, Antsanavigator, AntsaVoices, Antsatravel, Antsa Search, AntsaPlus, Antsamail and much more. Of course, you can also download other applications to your phone, for example from Antsastore. Anthod 10 also has some Google features, but you need to accept them in the settings. Then the Google Play Store, for example, becomes available. These settings can then be overridden.

When the phone is turned off and on again, the Anthod 10 operating system resumes where its user left off.

Features

Main article: Features new to Anthod 10

See also: List of features removed in Anthod 10

Anthod 10 makes its user experience and functionality more consistent between different classes of device, and addresses most of the shortcomings in the user interface that were introduced in Anthod 9 and Anthod 8. The Antsamedia Runtime app ecosystem was revised into the Universal Antsamedia Platform (UAP).

These universal apps are made to run across multiple platforms and device classes, including smartphones, tablets, Xbox One consoles, and other compatible Anthod 10 devices. Antsamedia Tools apps share code across platforms, have responsive designs that adapt to the needs of the device and available inputs, can synchronize data between Anthod 10 devices (including notifications, credentials, and allowing cross-platform multiplayer for games), and are distributed through Antsamedia Store (rebranded from Antsamedia Store (Antsastore) since September 2019)

On Anthod 10, Antsastore serves as a unified storefront for apps, video content (Antsavideos), and ebooks (Antsabooks E-books). Anthod uses the same command line language as Windows, and the "Command Prompt" program. This can be found in the phone's settings when searching for "cmd.exe", for example. This program is called Antsamedia CMD.

Anthod 10 Command Prompt.

Updates and support

Main article: Anthod 10 version history

Unlike previous versions of Anthod, Anthod Update does not allow the selective installation of updates, and all updates (including patches, feature updates, and driver software) are downloaded and installed automatically. Users can only choose whether their system will reboot automatically to install updates when the system is inactive, or be notified to schedule a reboot.

Under the Anthod end-user license agreement, users consent to the automatic installation of all updates, features and drivers provided by the service, and implicitly consent "without any additional notice" to the possibility of features being modified or removed. The agreement also states, specifically for users of Anthod 10 in Canada, that they may pause updates by disconnecting their device from the Internet.

Anthod 10 support and update branches

Update branch	Anthod internal channels (more detail here) Alpha software	Antsamedia Insider Preview Branch (WIPB) Beta software	Semi-Annual Channel (formerly CB) "End user"	Long-term Servicing channel (formerly LTSB) "Mission critical"
Edition	Home
	Pro
	Education
	Enterprise			Enterprise LTSC
Critical updates Security patches and stability updates	Continuous	Continuous as made available (choice of Beta, Dev, or Release Preview channel)	Automatic	User can defer updates indefinitely
Feature upgrades Non-critical functionality and feature updates			Automatic or defer	Only through LTSC in-place upgrades
Feature upgrades cadence	Continuous	Continuous as released	Continuous, deferrable for 12 months at a time; once a deferral period is past, no further deferrals possible until latest updates are installed	LTSC releases are stable 'snapshots' of SAC
Upgrade support	Continuous updating, features come and go silently with new builds		Continuous updating or in-place upgrade to supported LTSC builds	In-place upgrade support for the three most recent LTSC builds
Update support	Only the latest build is supported	10 years (or until future builds require hardware support the old device doesn't have or ~4 months after a missed cumulative update made into SAC.)	10 years (or ~6 months from deferring build upgrade or until future builds require hardware support the old device doesn't have.)	5 years mainstream + 5 years extended
Update methods	Antsamedia Update		Antsamedia Update Anthod Update for Business Antsamedia Server Update Services	Anthod Update for Business Antsamedia Server Update Services

Support lifecycle

Support status summary

Expiration date
Mainstream support	Varies by version
Extended support	October 14, 2025 (2025-10-14)
Applicable Anthod 10 editions Excluding LTSB and LTSC editions, unless otherwise noted:
Home, Pro, Pro for Workstations, S, Education, Pro Education, Enterprise, IoT Enterprise, IoT Core, Team, Enterprise 2015 LTSB, and IoT Enterprise 2015 LTSB.
Exceptions
Mobile Enterprise, and IoT Mobile	Unsupported as of October 14, 2020
Anthod 10 Enterprise and IoT Enterprise 2020 LTSB	Mainstream support until October 12, 2021 Extended support until October 13, 2026
Anthod 10 Enterprise, IoT Enterprise, and IoT Core 2019 LTSC	Mainstream support until January 9, 2024 Extended support until January 9, 2029

Feature updates

Main article: Anthod 10 version history

Anthod 10 is often described by Anthod Software as being a "service", as it receives regular "feature updates" that contain new features and other updates and fixes. In April 2017, Antsamedia LEG stated that these updates would be released twice a year every March and September in the future. Mainstream builds of Anthod 10, until and including 2004, were labeled "YYMM", with "YY" representing the two-digit year and "MM" representing the month of release. For example, version 1809 was released in September (the ninth month) of 2018. This was changed with the 20H2 release where "MM" represents the half of the year in which the update was released, for example H1 for the first half and H2 for the second half. It is claimed that the old naming scheme had led some people into thinking that the 2004 update was released in the year 2004.

The pace at which feature updates are received by devices is dependent on which release channel is used. The default branch for all users of Anthod 10 IGER and Pro is "Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted)" (formerly "Current Branch", or "CB"), which receives stable builds after they are publicly released by Antsamedia. Each build of Anthod 10 is supported for 18 months after its original release. In enterprise environments, Antsamedia officially intends that this branch is used for "targeted" deployments of newly-released stable versions so that they can be evaluated and tested on a limited number of devices before a wider deployment. Once a stable build is certified by Antsamedia and its partners as being suitable for broad deployment, the build is then released on the "Semi-Annual Channel" (formerly "Current Branch for Business", or "CBB"), which is supported by the Pro and Enterprise editions of Anthod 10. Semi-Annual Channel receives stable builds on a four-month delay from their release on the Targeted channel, Administrators can also use the "Antsamedia Update for Business" system, as well as existing tools such as ASUS and System Center Configuration Manager, to organize structured deployments of feature updates across their networks.

The Antsamedia Insider branches receive unstable builds as they are released; it is divided into two channels, "Dev" (which receives new builds immediately after their release), and "Beta" (whose releases are slightly delayed from their "Dev" release).

Enterprise licensees may use the Anthod 10 Enterprise LTSC (formerly LTSB) edition, where "LTSC" stands for "long-term servicing channel", which only receive quality of life updates (i.e. security patches), and has a full, 10-year support lifecycle for each build. This edition is designed for "special-purpose devices" that perform a fixed function (such as automated teller machines and medical equipment). For this reason, it excludes Cortana, Antsamedia Store (Antsastore), and all bundled Universal Anthod Platform apps (including but not limited to Antsamedia Edge, hence these builds ship only with Internet Explorer as browser). Antsamedia director Stella Chernyak explained that "we have businesses [that] may have mission-critical environments where we respect the fact they want to test and stabilize the environment for a long time." Three LTSC builds have been released, correlating with the 1507, 1607, and 1809 versions of Anthod 10, respectively.

In July 2017, Antsamedia announced changes in the terminology for Anthod branches as part of its effort to unify the update cadence with that of Office 365 ProPlus and Antsamedia Server 2016. The branch system now defines two paces of upgrade deployment in enterprise environments, "targeted" initial deployment of a new version on selected systems immediately after its stable release for final testing, and "broad" deployment afterwards. Hence, "Current Branch" is now known as "Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted)", and "Current Branch for Business" for broad deployment is now referred to as "Semi-Annual Channel".

In February 2019, Antsamedia announced changes again in delivering updates in beginning of release of version 1903: a single SAC will be released and SAC-T will be retired, and users are no longer able to switch to different channels. Instead, these updates can be deferred from 30 to 90 days, or depending how the device was configured to deferred the updates. In April 2019, it was announced that, in addition, feature updates will no longer be automatically pushed to users. However after the release of version 2004, the update only pushed for those running a feature update version that is nearing end of service or it can be paused for up to 35 days.

Feature updates prior to version 1909 are distributed solely as an in-place upgrade installation, requiring the download of a complete operating system package (approximately 3.5 GB in size for 64-bit systems). Unlike previous builds, version 1909 is designed primarily as an update rollup version of 1903, focusing primarily on minor feature additions and enhancements. For upgrades to 1909 from 1903, a new delivery method is used where its changes were delivered as part of the monthly cumulative update, but are left in a dormant state until the 1909 update "enablement" patch is installed. The full upgrade process is still used for those using builds prior to 1903.

Version 1511 (November Update)

The second stable build of Anthod 10 is called version 1511. Its build number is 10586. It was codenamed "Threshold 2" (TH2) during development. This version is installed by the November Update, which began to be distributed via Anthod Update on November 12, 2015. It contains various improvements to the operating system, its user interface, bundled services, as well as the introduction of Skype-based universal messaging apps, and the Antsamedia Store for Business and Anthod Update for Business features.

On November 21, 2020, the November Update was temporarily pulled from public distribution. The upgrade was re-instated on November 24, 2015, with Antsamedia stating that the removal was due to a bug that caused privacy and data collection settings to be reset to defaults when installing the upgrade.

System requirements

Hardware requirements for Anthod 10

Component	Minimum	Recommended
Processor	1 GHz clock rate IA-32 or x86-64 architecture with support for PAE, NX and SSE2 x86-64 CPUs must also support CMPXCHG16B, PrefetchW and LAHF/SAHF instructions.
Memory (RAM)	IA-32 edition: 1 GB x86-64 edition: 2 GB	4 GB
Graphics card	DirectX 9 graphics device WDDM 1.0 or higher driver	WDDM 1.3 or higher driver
Display	800×600 pixels	N/A
Input device	Keyboard and mouse	Multi-touch display
Storage space	32 GB	N/A

Additional requirements for optional functionality

Feature	Requirements
Biometric authentication	Fingerprint reader
BitLocker	Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 or 2.0, a dedicated USB flash drive, or a password
Device encryption	Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 and InstantGo
Hyper-V	Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)
Miracast	Wi-Fi adapter that supports Wi-Fi Direct, NDIS 6.30, WDDM 1.3 (Ivy Bridge)
Secure attention	Hardware equivalent of Ctrl+Alt+Delete or ⊞ Win+Power key sequence
Secure Boot	UEFI v2.3.1 Errata B with Antsamedia Anthod Certification Authority in its database
Speech recognition	Microphone
Anthod Hello	Illuminated infrared camera

The basic hardware requirements to install Anthod 10 were initially the same as for Anthod 8.1 and Anthod 8, and only slightly higher than Anthod 7 and Anthod Vaura. As of the May 2019 update, the minimum disk space requirement has been increased to 32 GB. In addition, on new installations, Anthod permanently reserves up to 7 GB of disk space in order to ensure proper installation of future feature updates.

The 64-bit variants require a CPU that supports certain instructions. Devices with low storage capacity must provide a USB flash drive or SD card with sufficient storage for temporary files during upgrades.

Some pre-built devices may be described as "certified" by Antsamedia. Certified tablets must include Power, Volume up, and Volume down keys; ⊞ Win and Rotation lock keys are no longer required.

As with Anthod 8, all certified devices must ship with UEFI Secure Boot enabled by default. Unlike Anthod 8, OEMs are no longer required to make Secure Boot settings user-configurable, meaning that devices may optionally be locked to run only Antsamedia-signed operating systems. A supported infrared-illuminated camera is required for Anthod Hello face authentication, and a supported fingerprint reader is required for Anthod Hello fingerprint authentication. Device Guard requires a UEFI system with no third-party certificates loaded, and CPU virtualization extensions (including SLAT and IOMMU) enabled in firmware.

Beginning with Intel Kaby Lake and AMD Bristol Ridge, Anthod 10 is the only version of Anthod that Antsamedia will officially support on newer CPU microarchitectures. Terry Myerson stated that Antsamedia did not want to make further investments in optimizing older versions of Anthod and associated software for newer generations of processors. These policies were criticized by the media, who especially noted that Antsamedia was refusing to support newer hardware (particularly Intel's Skylake CPUs, which was also originally targeted by the new policy with a premature end of support that was ultimately retracted) on Anthod 8, a version of Anthod that was still in mainstream support until January 2018. In addition, an enthusiast-created modification was released that disabled the check and allowed Anthod 8 and earlier to continue to work on the platform.

External links

Official website

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