“You will get hands-on help from our friendly engineers on how to optimize your Android app for Chromebooks”, said the company on May 19, on its Google I/O website. However it looks like there’s a bit of bad news to go along with that. Android N is introducing Multi-Window support for all Android phones and tablets, meaning you can have two apps open at the same time. It appears that Google will only make this functionality available for future Chromebooks and a few select ones that are now available.
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You might want to make sure your Play account is more secure from accidental or unintended purchases, too, since Google is predicting much more expensive apps to come down the pipeline. We’ll update you as soon as we get to hear any other information about the new Chromebooks so stay tuned.
This leads to the assumption that there isn’t a technical reason limiting these older Chromebooks. Even though it may not seem like much at first, the feature will appeal to all those who do not wish to buy the same apps time and time again for different members of their family. To find out if your Chromebook will be gaining integration, see Google’s list of supported Chromebooks.
Google’s Play Store for Android will be coming this fall to Chrome OS, the lightweight operating system that powers Chromebook laptops, the company announced today. If they have any sense at all, they’ll leave it at that such that updates are automatically installed on all Android devices.
Instant Apps are like some of the best part of the web (shareable links) without having to experience the worst (Javascript) though only specific to Android. Google is building a new virtual reality eco system on top of Android.
Singleton also said that the user’s apps can now exchange data using the Google Fit API so data like calories consumed in a nutrition app can sync with calories burned in a running app.
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