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Google to combine Chrome OS and Android into a single operating system

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Himanshu 30 October, 2015

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Update: Android and Chrome OS SVP Hiroshi Lockheimer has said that Google is "very committed" to Chrome OS. The company had already confirmed earlier that the project isn't being killed.

Original story below:

Google is working on merging the Chrome OS and Android into a single operating system. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal but has since been confirmed by the search giant. The new OS, which is in the works for the past couple of years, is expected to be ready for a preview next year, but would be launched only in 2017.

Image credit: DAVID PAUL MORRIS/BLOOMBERG

The move would result in PC users getting access to Google Play, which is currently home to millions of apps. In addition, Chromebooks - the lightweight and portable laptops that got their name from the Chrome OS - will also get a new name. The Chrome browser (both mobile and desktop versions), however, won't be affected in any way.

It's worth mentioning that Google's newly-announced CEO Sundar Pichai has been heading both Android and Chrome OS divisions for the past two years. “Mobile as a computing paradigm is eventually going to blend with what we think of as desktop today,” he said last week.

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  • Polygon
  • KAe
  • 03 Nov 2015

It's all ogre now.

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  • 1ns0mniac
  • qPW
  • 03 Nov 2015

Agree with you completely on Linux. But the thing is, if Google want to keep Chrome OS alive, they have to make android apps compatible. In that way, user won't get bored, they can play games from play store + they can get their job done. & if th...

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  • Simon
  • swi
  • 02 Nov 2015

I think that Chrome OS should be integrated with Android, as a bare-bone ROM.

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