Google may ultimately unify the Chrome OS and Android – Shifter

The Chrome OS computer team; Android tablets and mobile phones. But Google can come to unify the two operating systems, a strategy a la Microsoft. The change is advanced by the Wall Street Journal and means great news for the ecosystem of Google, the company that now belongs to the Alphabet.

It tells the newspaper that Chrome OS will be converged with Android because Android is It becomes the dominant operating system. Unify the two platforms means that Android will run on Google’s computers, Chromebooks christenings. This change has, of course, two implications: on the one hand, the contents of the universe of the Google Play Store that will also be accessible on these devices; on the other, the Chromebooks will receive a new name for light reflect the new operating system (Pixel?)

The Google strategy is similar to Microsoft:. one operating system for all devices. In fact, Windows 10 can be found on computers, tablets and mobile phones, the Xbox One console, the Microsoft Band bracelet in Microsoft HoloLens glasses and other devices.

Android already exists on multiple platforms . There is the Android mobile phones and tablets, and also there is the Android Wear for watches and bracelets, Android TV for smart TVs and Android Auto Sticker. We can speculate that android computer will be slightly different from all these Androids (which by themselves are already different from each other) – Android PC

The Verge, however, says have confirmed the unification of two operating systems, and the next Google I / O conference, taking place in May or June, will be presented a preview of the change. But the change itself should only take place sometime in 2017; until then, the number of new dependent equipment Chrome OS will be less.

Remember that the last computer revealed by Google, Pixel C, runs Android, not Chrome OS as the other models in Pixel online . Moreover, Google has in recent days become the nearest two platforms, with, for example, the possibility of running Android apps on Chromebooks.