In the mid-June or beginning of July, Google will roll out the feature in support to the Asus Chromebook Flip, Acer Chromebook R 11, and the Chromebook Pixel.
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F**k it, we’ll do it live! This means Chromebooks will have Microsoft Office, Skype, Games, Photo Editing apps – the entire deal. Along with Android manufacturers, Google reports it’s working on upcoming phones, and sharing designs with them for a VR viewer and controller that will be “really immersive, comfortable and intuitive to use”.
ORIGINAL STORY (18/5/16): Chromebooks might be relatively low-powered devices, but the cheap laptops are dominating the entry-level part of the industry. However, Chrome OS senior director of product management Kan Liu said that all of the Android apps will run well on any Chromebook available regardless of the specs. “And all this is built on top of Chrome OS, so users will continue to have everything they love in their Chromebooks”. For everyone else, we’ve included the official list below and Google states that all of the following compatible Chromebook devices will gain Android app support throughout 2016 – no specific dates mentioned yet.
Google has announced something major at Google I/O 2016: Chrome OS will soon have access to Google Play, meaning Android apps will finally be able to run on your Chromebook. Previously, Chromebooks could only run applications written for the Google Chrome OS.
It’s also potentially good news for app developers who will be able to reach more users.
Google has officially announced that the Play Store will be heading to ChromeOS-powered Chromebooks.
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Google will be pushing out a new update in September, so if you have a Chromebook it will be worth the wait. With Android Pay, you’ll be able to enter only a handful of credentials to make that purchase, should the service get baked into the app you’re using. Later this year, the feature will be rolled out to other devices.
