We first heard back in November that Google could merge Chrome OS into Android. Now, an executive has publicly confirmed plans for a merger.

Sameer Samat, president of Android ecosystem at Google, asked a TechRadar journalist why they were using an Apple Watch, iPhone, and MacBook:

I asked because we’re going to be combining Chrome OS and Android into a single platform, and I am very interested in how people are using their laptops these days and what they’re getting done.

  • cron@feddit.orgEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    It’s sort of an open secret for years now. But I’m not totally convinced that it will work well.

    I have a Chromebook with a Ryzen APU (Ryzen 3250 or smth). And while it handles all web tasks really well, it completely struggles with Android Apps. Even apps like “YouTube Kids” or “Prime Video” run far worse than their web couterparts.

    And I’m not even talking about gaming - even old games like “cut the rope” run at unplayable framerates.

    (my guess is that the whole virtualization framework is holding these apps back.)

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      12 hours ago

      I have a Chromebook with a Ryzen APU (Ryzen 3250 or smth). And while it handles all web tasks really well, it completely struggles with Android Apps. Even apps like “YouTube Kids” or “Prime Video” run far worse than their web couterparts.

      That’s why future ChromeOS won’t be a dedicated OS with an Android running in a VM. They’ll be actual Android.