Google’s head of Android has stated that the corporate plans to mix its cellular working system with ChromeOS, the software program that at the moment runs throughout Google’s Chromebook laptops.
Sameer Samat, president of Google’s Android ecosystem, informed TechRadar that “we’re going to be combining Chrome OS and Android right into a single platform.” Samat, who’s chargeable for Android’s implementation throughout cellular, wearables, XR, TV, and auto, added that he’s “excited about how individuals are utilizing their laptops lately,” suggesting he could also be including a brand new string to his bow.
The remark is the closest factor but to official affirmation of a change that’s been rumored for months. In November 2024 Android Authority reported that Google is “migrating ChromeOS over to Android,” with the goal of competing with the iPad. That course of might have already begun, with Google itself announcing last June that ChromeOS will now be “developed on massive parts of the Android stack.” Chromebooks can already run many Android apps.
In the meantime Android is getting somewhat nearer to ChromeOS this yr with new options together with a desktop mode, resizable home windows, and improved assist for exterior shows.
Google bringing its two working methods below one roof makes loads of sense on paper, permitting it to hurry up characteristic improvement and work on enhancing performance on tablets, the place each its present OSes lag behind Apple’s iPadOS. Then once more, that’s been true for some time — a merger of the 2 platforms was reported ten years ago in 2015, and The Verge wrote that it “makes good sense to carry them collectively” two years before that. This can be a change that’s been a very long time coming, however which means it may be a very long time nonetheless.