Google is taking one other step towards unifying its ecosystem by merging Android and ChromeOS. Sameer Samat, the president of Google’s Android ecosystem, confirmed this shift in an interview with TechRadar.
Samat was curious how the publication's Lance Ulanoff manages issues throughout a number of Apple units, specifically a MacBook, iPhone and Apple Watch. "I requested as a result of we’re going to be combining ChromeOS and Android right into a single platform, and I’m very concerned about how persons are utilizing their laptops lately and what they’re getting executed," Samat stated.
It's a logical transfer for Google to make units operating on its working methods (together with third-party merchandise) work extra cohesively collectively, similarly to how Apple merchandise operate in concord. It could have made extra sense for Google to have ChromeOS and Android unified from the bounce, nevertheless it's higher late than by no means. We'll seemingly see extra of this shift towards a unified platform within the coming months when Android XR units begin arriving.
We've seen Google planting the seeds for this transition for a while. Final yr, Google stated that it will begin basing ChromeOS extra on the identical tech that powers Android. As well as, ChromeOS has lengthy been capable of run Android apps, a lot of which even have desktop modes. Android 16 additionally has a Samsung DeX-style desktop interface.
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