Posted on 10/29/2015 5:08:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Google will fold its Chrome operating system used in personal computers into the Android mobile OS, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Beginning in 2017, Google will only have a single operating system on the market, with Android featured on tablets, smartphones, and notebook computers. Google will show an early version of the new unified Android OS next year, The WSJ said, citing anonymous sources.
The move should help unify Google's software efforts and make its platform more appealing to third-party software developers.
Until now Google has maintained a clear delineation between its two operating systems, The Chrome OS, based on Google's Chrome web browser, is for the traditional laptop and PC-like family of Chromebook devices. Android is for lower-powered devices like tablets and smartphones, and increasingly gadgets like watches and TVs.
Google will rename the Chromebook notebook computers, once they feature the new version of Android, The WSJ said, but the new name for the Chromebooks has not yet been determined. Google's web browser will apparently keep the Chrome name.
The move is not a complete surprise. Google executives have acknowledged in the past that Android and Chrome "will likely converge over time." Google united the teams working on the two operating systems under one management structure in 2014.
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The high school did that because it was cheaper and more effective than issuing textbooks for every class and (shock, surprise!) the kids actually used the Chrome Book's for classwork and homework like they were supposed to.
In the case of my youngest son (now a Junior) his grades actually went UP because all homework was submitted on-line, rather than having to manually turn in every day in person, in class. (Don't get me going on why he always seemed to "lose" his homework.)
Now Chrome Books are going away. Lovely. Glad I also bought him a laptop, no doubt we'll have to "subscribe" to the textbooks next year and pay yet another "fee" to the school for that.....
I’m really happy with Android 4.2 and up and recent hardware - pretty much any phone or tablet with 1 GB RAM or more. 512 MB definitely was not adequate. We like our Chromebooks also, for that matter.
Computer CPUs are going up in quantity and quality and have better and better energy efficiency, all thanks to mobile phones. Thanks Ernest.
Any chance that some one mught do a distro of fedora that would run on the Kangaroo?
There probably already is one.
Looks like the price is pretty good for this device as well.
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