Google is allegedly merging Chrome OS into Android

19 November 2024
The reason makes no sense to us, but maybe it will to you.

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  • 6 hours ago

eu eu eu where is eu??

    Anonymous, 8 hours agoThis only means Fuchsia OS is dead 😢Sadly, yes.
    Since a few month now...
    A few month after the launch of ChromeOS I said that Android and ChromeOS will merged.
    Nobody believed me 😂
    And now finally some reports, don't know if it's better or worse.

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      • David
      • 3HZ
      • 6 hours ago

      Chrome OS has always had an image problem and is not popular with the public, most don’t even know about it unlike Android, so I see why Google would want to do this. Basically it’s going to be iPadOS.

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        • Anonymous
        • dWx
        • 6 hours ago

        Good chrome os never made any sense. Both windows and macos were ages ahead. Consolidating to the one useful IP makes sense. Let's hope this merger will make Android more useful as a desktop os, finally. Chrome OS was inadvertently keeping it back for ages despite having the capacities to be a great desktop os as well. Say connecting my phone to a screen giving me a robust desktop experience (similar to what dex tried to do, but an actual desktop os instead)...

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          • Anonymous
          • 7kp
          • 6 hours ago

          alcatraz, 7 hours agoHere's a theory why. It's an attempt to take wind... morenot just for pad or laptop, the unification will also benefit tv, auto and other IoTs

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            • Anonymous
            • XVw
            • 6 hours ago

            That would be an upgrade considering arms laptop are getting better.

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              • 6 hours ago

              alcatraz, 7 hours agoI recently tried to use some low power arm devices as deskt... moreWell said. This is exactly what I am thinking of as well. With the CrowdStrike attack, Windows OS has lost the trust of consumers for the desktop/laptop form factor. But what is the alternative? Linux? Still not there as an alternative. So making Android as an alternative makes lot of sense.

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                • Anonymous
                • vaS
                • 6 hours ago

                Antitrust lawsuit avoidance. kek

                  I understand the alleged EVIL intention behind it....

                  Same way as Apple uses iOS/iPhone to promote Mac OS and other Apple Devices...

                  Google trying to get benefit of Android into Chrome OS. I don't know who uses Chrome OS. Even after so many years Chrome OS is failed far behind. And now they want to use Android and (mis)use Android users...for sake of Chrome :(

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                    • Anonymous
                    • rK@
                    • 6 hours ago

                    Antitrust laws???

                      What if we get cheap laptops with android functionality? Especially that android now is capable of playing AAA windows games using mobox or winlator emulators, that would be a market changer.

                        Waraduk, 7 hours agoThe end of Fuschia OS 😱 Google like to killing their projec... morekilled by Google site is expanding thanks to alphabet

                          Here's a theory why. It's an attempt to take windows marketshare. Android on desktop could be the way to go.

                            Anonymous, 7 hours agoPixel phones are just rebranded Nexus phones. nexus were pure stock android unlike pixel where the UI is Google's custom Pixel UI

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                              • Anonymous
                              • BEd
                              • 7 hours ago

                              Waraduk, 7 hours agoThe end of Fuschia OS 😱 Google like to killing their projec... morePixel phones are just rebranded Nexus phones.

                                Pixel series supports display output out of the box and Google has been improving native Android desktop mode. Google's plan for this is to probably just make desktop mode on Pixel devices essentially ChromeOS running on a phone or tablet to possibly compete with DeX.

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                                  • astolfo
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                                  • 7 hours ago

                                  alcatraz, 7 hours agoI recently tried to use some low power arm devices as deskt... more"What if this will end up with everybody going from windows to android."

                                  Thanks but no thanks.

                                  Microsoft/Windows might be anything you want to call it, but at least we are free to tweak it as we want without Microsoft pestering us about using their stuff or you can install Linux and be free to do whatever you want with it.

                                  Try your hand at doing the same with Android/ChromeOS and getting rid of everything Google. It will probably break or stop working properly. I cant even fathom and imagine having to deal with ad-ridden apps on a desktop thanks to Google useless policies on their store.

                                    The end of Fuschia OS 😱 Google like to killing their projects Stadia, Nexus Phone, Project Ara and other 😏

                                      I recently tried to use some low power arm devices as desktop systems by installing armbian and I'll tell you, Android seems better to me in many ways (like superior hardware support). But what android needs is a proper desktop mode and some upgradability support.

                                      If chrome os is the system that can run android apps and bring a proper desktop experience to hardware accelerated low power arm systems, I'm all for it.

                                      Armbian might win but right now it's at an infancy stage. I can't even decode h264 for watching youtube, on an SoC that supports tons of codecs.

                                      Another benefit of the merger is that it'll standardise the desktop mode you create when connecting a phone to a screen/kb/mouse. What if this will end up with everybody going from windows to android.

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 8 hours ago

                                        Anonymous, 8 hours agoThis only means Fuchsia OS is dead 😢 Fuchsia OS was dead when Google announced it.

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