Chromebooks may be getting their biggest shake-up ever in the near future as Google prepares to merge large portions of ChromeOS onto Android. The no-frills, browser-based operating system has had ...

Microsoft has said it plans to make all its Office 365 Android apps run on Android-capable Chromebooks.But because the Play Store app for Chrome OS is still in beta (which you discover only after ...

The reverse — Android devices running Chrome OS software — isn’t possible right now, but that could change in the future as Google is testing a method to run Chrome OS on Android devices.

Chrome OS tablet vs. Android tablet Tablets are a great balance between laptops and mobile devices, with the portability of a smartphone and the processing capabilities of a laptop. Recent tablets ...

By now, you've probably seen the news that the latest beta version of Android 16 includes the first iteration of a true ...

Chrome OS and Android are both part of Google's vast mobile and digital ecosystem. However, there are key differences between the two. Here's why it matters.

Android as an operating system is designed for smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, TVs, cars, and soon XR glasses, whereas Chrome OS is primarily designed for laptops.While the term Chromebooks ...

But there’s a third operating system that Google is developing for the future, and it’s more exciting than Android and Chrome combined. And Google might have quietly teased it again.

Google announced in June 2024 that Chrome OS would begin incorporating portions of Android's technical foundation, but the reported plans go much further toward a complete merger of the two platforms.

Chrome OS was a novelty when it first arrived on the scene. Most pundits claimed it was nothing more than a browser, and it took Google plenty of time to prove them wrong. At this point, Chrome OS ...