You’ve been able to run Android apps on a few Chromebooks since June, but up until recently only three Chromebooks were supported. Now Google is rolling out an update that lets you use the Play Store and install Android apps on other Chrome OS devices. A number of people have reported that the Play Store […]
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Google Play Store now available for (some) Chromebooks on stable channel
You’ve been able to run Android apps on some Chromebooks since June, but when the feature first launched it was only available if your Chromebook was using Chrome 53 Dev Channel. Eventually Google brought support for Android apps to the beta channel, and now Chrome OS 53 Stable supports the Google Play Store and Android […]
Now you can run Android apps on the Asus Chromebook Flip
As promised, Google has started rolling out an update to Chrome OS that lets you download and install Android apps from the Google Play Store. Right now the Chrome OS 53 update is only available for the Asus Chromebook Flip, and you’ll need to be on the developer channel to run Android apps. But the […]
Google Play is coming to Chromebooks starting in June
Some Android apps have been able to run on Chromebooks since 2014. But the list of available apps was relatively small, and they were mixed in with native Chrome apps in the Chrome Web Store. Starting in June, it’s going to be a lot easier to install Android apps on a Chromebook, because Google is […]