Google is leaving no stone unturned to make its Chromebook a mainstream
device for consumers. At its I/O Keynote address, Google's Senior Vice
President Android, Chrome and Apps, Sundar Pichai, previewed some
Android apps running on a Chromebook.
Some apps, including Evernote,
Flipboard, and Vine, were showcased running on a Chromebook, which is
based on Chrome OS. Pichai was quoted saying, "We're in early days," and
he also revealed an instance how his phone notifications were mirrored
to his Chromebook. "I recently had this experience. My phone was in my
pocket. I'm running out of battery. My Chromebook popped up a
notification and said, 'Your phone is running out of battery'," Venture
Beat quotes Pichai.
We expect an announcement regarding the new native Android
apps support on Chromebooks could take some time to be released
considering that the company still referred to the feature as in
development.
Apart from apps, Google also announced that its Google Play
for Education, developed for education purpose and initially announced
for tablets, will be available for Chromebooks.
In a blog post, the company said, "Google Play for Education started with tablets,
but teachers told us they wanted to use it to find apps, books, and
videos for Chromebooks too. So today we're expanding Google Play for
Education to US K-12 Chromebook schools."
The Google I/O 2014
keynote address saw some major announcements
from the company that included Android Wear, with more details
revealed about the version of the operating system customised for wearable gadgets such as smartwatches; Android Auto, which has
been tailored to work with cars; Android TV, majorly optimized for
TV-watching, and the next version of Android, which goes by the
temporary code name "Android L."
Further, to reach more people, Google
unveiled an initiative called Android One, designed to help manufacturers
build low-cost smartphones for emerging markets such as India.
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