Console OS is the first commercial distribution of the Android operating system, designed for traditional PC hardware.
Console says they still plan to ship Marshmallow later this summer, and is focusing on hardware development to adjust to Intel's reduced processor support for Android.
While Intel has discontinued formal support for Android on PC hardware - which Console has repeatedly noted/claimed upstream support a "stated risk" in its risk disclosure section of the Kickstarter - the company has committed to offering backers a courtesy refund as part of their pivot to hardware, once their new products reach general availability.
The initial 2014 releases of Console OS KitKat supported most target Kickstarter devices - but not key/major tablets such as the Dell Venue 8 Pro or ASUS's Transformer Book T100, as it committed to.
[9] In December 2015, the creator/administrator of Android-x86.org, Chih-Wei Huang, published an article claiming Console OS "stole" Android-x86.org, and called founder Christopher Price a "cancer" on Android-x86, arguing that a fork could deprive Android.x86.org of community attention.
Additionally, Console called Chih-Wei Huang's effort a "shakedown" - and responded that his letter was "... unfortunate and it’s a disgrace to open-source.
[12] A technical analysis by the site XDA-Developers's own staff reporters showed that Console was under no obligation to pay funds sought or demanded by Chih-Wei Huang.
It also was critical of Intel for a lack of any public explanation for why Android-IA for PC hardware was discontinued, shortly after Console OS began releasing code based on it.
The company stated they hope to ship it by the end of 2015, and that it intends to be the most powerful Android TV stick on the market.
[21] As of June 2017, the tablet has not been launched, as Console has cited Intel possibly withdrawing from Android on the processor ConsoleTab depends on.