[2] It is based on Google's Android but is a fork by Baidu, the dominant search engine operator in China.
Through collaboration with terminal manufactures, operators, mobile Internet service providers, and other upstream and downstream industry chains, it provides the users with convenient, abundant, and personalized mobile Internet experience.
[citation needed] Baidu-Yi was developed especially for domestic Chinese smartphones, built on top of Android but replacing much of the original Google software with the network's own alternatives.
[5] It had Baidu applications, replacing Google's for many core functions, such as the search engine, instant messenger, ebook reader, and app store.
[9] It is a touchscreen smartphone for the Chinese market that runs the Baidu-Yi platform on Android system[10] and is available on China's Unicom network.