Evgeny Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Lab, spoke at the SPIEF about the progress of creating a secure corporate smartphone running its own KasperskyOS operating system. According to him, development is underway, but the device is not yet ready for release.
Currently, the phone already has a clock, a stripped-down messenger, a calculator, a calendar, call functions, and SMS sending. The browser is Google Chrome. Among games, only "Minesweeper" is available so far. The office suite was provided by MyOffice, in which Kaspersky Lab holds a stake.
Kaspersky noted that the key difficulty is creating a completely autonomous operating system unrelated to Android. This requires supporting all hardware of the device entirely, rewriting drivers, and sometimes even restoring missing documentation. He called the process expensive, long, and labor-intensive.
The phone can already take photos. A year ago, the camera didn't work at all, then it appeared, but without autofocus. Now, according to Kaspersky, autofocus is present, but video recording has not yet been implemented.
When asked about competition with other Russian brands producing secure gadgets, Kaspersky replied that their products are based on Android or Linux. His device, in his opinion, is awaited by those who understand the issue and make decisions. The release dates for the smartphone are not yet being announced.