Cyanogen Inc. still working with YU, Yutopia to run Cyanogen OS 12.1

YU after launching the Yunique smartphone running stock Android, relaunched Yuphoria and Yureka Plus with stock Android Lollipop. This led to speculations that Cyanogen Inc. has ended its tie up with YU.

However, now Cyanogen Inc. has come forward, and in a statement to Android Police, put a stop to the rumours and said that it has not ended the partnership with YU.

Cyanogen Inc. also said that YU's flagship device Yutopia will run Cyanogen OS 12.1 based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. It also confirmed that it will be rolling out Cyanogen OS 12.1 update to older YU phones running Cyanogen OS.

In a statement to Android Police, Cyanogen Inc. said "We have a great partnership with YU, and happy to announce that Cyanogen OS 12.1 will be powering YU’s upcoming flagship – Yutopia. We’ll also be rolling out the latest 12.1 update to Yureka / Yureka Plus very soon. It doesn’t always makes sense for us to support every device in a partner’s portfolio, and there are one-off model variations. We want to put the unfounded rumors to rest."

YU Televentures is yet to come forward and respond to the speculation. It is being said that selling Yuphoria and Yureka Plus with stock Android might be a test run for the company, to see how well users respond to it.

Cyanogen announced its partnership with Micromax in December last year and said that Cyanogen OS will be made available exclusive to YU devices and will not support any other devices in the country, for which it decided to part ways with OnePlus.