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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

#51

I'm curious why they didn't mention something so game changing as this in the keynote.

Managing expectations, I think. Google tends to release early and with sometimes experimental products where the quality/UX is not super great. I expect this will have some rather rough edges.

Re: Play Store and Android Apps Coming to Chromebooks

#52

I'm curious why they didn't mention something so game changing as this in the keynote.

Chromebooks in general don't seem to get that much attention. I'm not sure why, maybe they're not as ground-breaking as... another messaging app... that isn't even out yet...

Re: Play Store and Android Apps Coming to Chromebooks

#56
post #50

Will apps run natively on Chromebooks or will my fart app slow down because it's being emulated?

There are both ARM and x86 chromebooks, there are both ARM and x86 Android phones. You need to have binaries for both and for Java apps that isn't even an issue. Of course there probably has to be some API translation but usually that isn't particularly slow.

Re: Play Store and Android Apps Coming to Chromebooks

#57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also would love to know if this works. This might eliminate my desire to buy the Android Pixel C device. On the flip side, if this is limited to Chromebooks, this might increase the desire to buy the Chromebook Pixel.

Personally looking at HPs new Chromebook line coming out [0] Very sleek design, better than the Pixel imo, and several tiers if you don't want to start at $1k. [0]: http://store.hp.com/us/en/ContentView?storeId=10151&catalogI...

Agreeing with the sibling comment, this does look great!

Know if there's any new Chromebooks like it that are shipping with an LTE chip? I have Project Fi, and would love to have data available wherever I need it.

Re: Play Store and Android Apps Coming to Chromebooks

#58
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)

Ironically, this also means Chrome OS will support Firefox.

I wonder if support will be limited to Google Play, or whether the framework can be used to run third-party apps such as F-Droid.

Re: Play Store and Android Apps Coming to Chromebooks

#60

After the Android Chrome app gets extensions, what's the point of keeping ChromeOS alive? It's the only thing Android's missing that ChromeOS has.

I guess it's more about devices. Sometimes people do want to use laptop or devices with big screen and real keyboard.

I think his point is they'll just become Android laptops.
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