Earlier this week, Android co-founder Andy Rubin posted a picture teasing the first smartphone from his new company, Essential. At the time, we speculated that the bezel-less device would be running Android, but now it’s been confirmed — in a tweet from Alphabet’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt, of all people.

Now, it’s not exactly a surprise that Rubin — again, one of the co-founders of Android — would be using Android on his new phone, especially given that there aren’t a whole lot of other options if you’re looking for a smartphone OS with third-party developer support these days. But given E…

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