Google is looking to improve its Chrome OS experience on Chromebooks by introducing the first batch of Android apps with plans to add more in the future.
Google, the world's largest internet search company, is trying to find a foothold into the PC market with its Chrome OS debut, challenging the dominance of the Microsoft-run Windows. The internet search titan has integrated the Chrome OS with the Android platform. The first batch of Android apps was introduced on Chrome OS as a part of the company's new project.
The plan to let Android apps run on Chromebooks originally came to light during Google's I/O keynote earlier this year. Now, Google has announced Evernote, Vine, Sight Words and Duolingo Android apps for Chromebooks.
"These first apps are the result of a project called the App Runtime for Chrome (Beta), which we announced earlier this summer at Google I/O," Google's software engineer Ken Mixter and Android Product Manager Josh Woodward wrote in the company's official Chrome blog, Thursday. "Over the coming months, we'll be working with a select group of Android developers to add more of your favorite apps so you'll have a more seamless experience across your Android phone and Chromebook."
Google's App Runtime for Chrome creates a virtual machine on Chrome OS to run Android apps. This way, users of Chromebooks will enjoy a seamless integration between their Google-powered machines and Android smartphones. The latest addition builds on the strong platform laid by Chrome OS with light and fast computing along with lasting batteries.
These new apps help users in different ways. Vine is a popular mobile app that helps create short looping videos and Evernote continues to offer similar functionality of simple note-taking. Duolingo is a helpful app to learn new languages and Sight Words helps parents and teachers in improving kids' reading skills.
In addition to Google's promise of adding more Android apps to Chromebooks, the web giant is open to suggestions from users.
