Google’s Android and Chrome Operating Systems Get Closer
- Company says Play app store will enhance Chromebook PCs
- More users may encourage developers to keep building new apps
Google's Android mascot holds a marshmallow inside the Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View.
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Google said its Android mobile app store will run on the Internet giant’s Chrome OS for personal computers, the latest sign of the two operating systems slowly converging.
Google Play, the Android app store, will roll out first on three Chromebook PCs running Chrome OS: the Asus Chromebook Flip, the Acer Chromebook R 11 and the latest Chromebook Pixel made by Google. Over time, the most-popular global app store will run on other existing Chromebooks and new PCs specifically designed for Play that Google is developing with hardware partners, the Mountain View, California-based company said Thursday.