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Play Store and Android Apps Coming to Chromebooks

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Re: Play Store and Android Apps Coming to Chromebooks

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Post by buro9 »

sunnyps wrote: post #9
pgrote wrote: post #7

While this is a great step forward, I am disappointed in the list of chromebooks supported. I looked over the list and cannot find a common thread as to what is supported and what isn't. Does anyone know? My Acer C720 with an i3 isn't on the list, but my Toshiba Chromebook 2 with lesser specs is on the list.

Three Chromebooks are supported initially including the Pixel 2015. Other Chromebooks will be supported later this year. Source: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/6401474

Pixel 2015?

So there is a new one coming?

Re: Play Store and Android Apps Coming to Chromebooks

#12

Post by pgrote »

sunnyps wrote: post #9
pgrote wrote: post #7

While this is a great step forward, I am disappointed in the list of chromebooks supported. I looked over the list and cannot find a common thread as to what is supported and what isn't. Does anyone know? My Acer C720 with an i3 isn't on the list, but my Toshiba Chromebook 2 with lesser specs is on the list.

Three Chromebooks are supported initially including the Pixel 2015. Other Chromebooks will be supported later this year. Source: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/6401474

Correct.

My question was about that specific list and I should have been more specific.

Re: Play Store and Android Apps Coming to Chromebooks

#13

Post by sunnyps »

buro9 wrote: post #11
sunnyps wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Three Chromebooks are supported initially including the Pixel 2015. Other Chromebooks will be supported later this year. Source: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/6401474

Pixel 2015? So there is a new one coming?

You know 2015 was last year, right?

Re: Play Store and Android Apps Coming to Chromebooks

#14

Post by delroth »

buro9 wrote: post #11
sunnyps wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Three Chromebooks are supported initially including the Pixel 2015. Other Chromebooks will be supported later this year. Source: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/6401474

Pixel 2015? So there is a new one coming?

The first Pixel was released in 2013.

Re: Play Store and Android Apps Coming to Chromebooks

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Post by headmelted »

Obviously there's no-one in the world that didn't know this was coming, but even so, I feel for the Remix OS guys.

I assumed at the time their objective was to be acqui-hired by Google, but I can't see why there would be a reason for that now, or how they'd hope to compete in this situation.

Congratulations to the Chrome O/S and Android teams. I was briefly on a Chromebook when my laptop packed in, and but for the absence of solid developer tools, I'd have stayed forever. There's a lot to be said for convenience.

Re: Play Store and Android Apps Coming to Chromebooks

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Post by Nullabillity »

sharms wrote: post #6

This is a big move and will majorly impact desktop / laptop computing. Now the entire ecosystem of Android apps (even Microsoft Office, Snapchat, Photoshop Express) is going to be available, and arguably this platform is much more complete than say, Universal Apps (Microsoft)

All mobile applications, regardless of platform, are inherently crippled. It's not as bad as iOS (at least there are user-accessible generic files...), but there's still a lot of stuff that's crippled because of crap like "simplicity" or "we don't have enough screen real estate".
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