Reports last week claimed the company is working on a reportedly-killing-chrome-os-and-building-it-into-android-9300/”>merging of the two brands into a one-size fits all OS. So while Google might be committed to Chrome OS for the next year or so, it’s also possible that the company could be planning to merge Chrome OS into Android in 2017 while continuing to support the existing Chrome OS products.
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While nothing specific has been confirmed, the wording used in Google’s recent blog seems to indicate the company does have plans to integrate specific elements of Chrome OS and Android, but emphasizes Google isn’t giving up on Chrome OS anytime soon.
The story was later corroborated by The Verge and fellow Vox Media site Recode, which reported that Google would work with partners to produce Android devices in traditional PC form factors. An early version, which would provide access to Play Store, was expected to be previewed by next year. “Finally, stay on the lookout for dozens of new Chromebooks in 2016”.
And what from the laptop OS would you like to see on Android phones and tablets? “I think the distinctions that are so hardcoded today are allowed to become less hardcoded”, he said, adding that, as the distinction between the two platforms becomes smaller, the software would be able to address a larger audience.
Update: 10/30/2015 8:23AM: Hiroshi Lockheimer, the Senior Vice President of Android, Chromecast and Chrome OS, has released a short statement on Twitter.
This could be the aim at Google, as it seeks to ensure that its operating systems, and therefore its apps and services, remain dominant in a new generation of devices. With Windows 10 slowly creeping out to Microsoft customers, Android OS may have a tough time pulling customers away from the new platform.
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That includes the Asus Chromebit, which puts Chrome OS on a dongle that you plug into a display. Next, Google wants to make Chromebooks pervasive in enterprises.
