Google is integrating bits of Android into its Chromebooks, bringing all that mobile efficiency to its laptops, plus a whole lot of bad puns about teeth.
Chromebooks are taking over.
Starting with Bluetooth, Google will replace parts of its ChromeOS, its operating system for Chromebooks, with parts of Android, its phone operating system. The benefits, as we’ll see, are pretty clear to everyone involved, including Chromebook users and even people who want nothing to do with Google’s computers.
“From my time at Samsung, where I managed complex supply chain integrations, I saw the tremendous value in standardizing data systems. It minimizes errors and headaches for both businesses and consumers. This type of strategic alignment in Google’s software is really compelling in terms of delivering [the] seamless, worry-free experiences that people want,” Puneet Gogia, an analyst, former supply chain analyst at Samsung and the founder of Excel Champs, told Lifewire via email.
Both Android and ChromeOS are based on Linux, the underlying operating system for all sorts of computers. Linux sits under the hood, powering and controlling everything, with the user interface (the windows, menus, and everything else you see and tap or click) sitting on top. Until now, it seems like Google has been developing both operating systems separately, which has meant a lot of duplication of effort. Now, however, it’s starting to consolidate the two.
