Google exec says the corporate will unify Android and ChromeOS

Google is taking one other step towards unifying its ecosystem by merging and ChromeOS. Sameer Samat, the president of Google’s Android ecosystem, confirmed this shift in an interview with .

Samat was curious how the publication’s Lance Ulanoff manages issues throughout a number of Apple units, specifically a MacBook, iPhone and Apple Watch. “I requested as a result of we’re going to be combining ChromeOS and Android right into a single platform, and I’m very serious about how individuals are utilizing their laptops lately and what they’re getting achieved,” Samat stated.

It is a logical transfer for Google to make units operating on its working methods (together with third-party merchandise) work extra cohesively collectively, similarly to how Apple merchandise operate in concord. It might have made extra sense for Google to have ChromeOS and Android unified from the soar, nevertheless it’s higher late than by no means. We’ll possible see extra of this shift towards a unified platform within the coming months when Android XR units begin arriving.

We have seen Google planting the seeds for this transition for a while. Final yr, Google stated that it could begin basing ChromeOS . As well as, ChromeOS has lengthy been capable of , lots of which even have desktop modes. additionally has a Samsung DeX-style .