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An Android mascot is seen in front of a logo of Blackberry in this photo illustration taken in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 12, 2015. BlackBerry is considering equipping an upcoming smartphone with Google Inc.'s Android software for the first time. Reuters/Dado Ruvic

As rumours of a BlackBerry device running Android have been doing the rounds, a well-known tech writer has tweeted a new image, which looks like a BlackBerry Passport handset, with an Android keyboard on the screen.

Evan Blass, former senior editor at Engadget, currently a freelance writer, who goes by the Twitter handle @evleaks, posted the picture on Friday.

In an earlier tweet, Blass also wrote that the BlackBerry slider, which was showcased at the Barcelona Mobile World Congress, has a version running on Android that could soon be available to U.S. customers via AT&T.

BlackBerry released handsets including the Passport, with its unique square screen and the Classic, although CEO John Chen is pushing the company to transform into a more software-led business.

Chen hasn’t ruled out a device running Android, and says that BlackBerry might consider making such a device if it found a way to secure it.