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Google wants to merge Android and ChromeOS. The plan is to start in 2026 in order to broaden the ecosystem - including for AI.
The merger of Android and ChromeOS is set to take place next year: Google's Android boss Sameer Samat said this in the course of Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit. Among other things, the company wanted to bring its own AI to all form factors.
According to Sameer Samat, Google is aiming to ensure that the devices in its own ecosystem work together seamlessly. "I think the opportunity for us is that we can accelerate all the AI advancements we're making on Android and bring it to the laptop form factor as quickly as possible. This will also allow a laptop and the rest of the Android ecosystem to work together seamlessly," he said on Wednesday.
According to Samat, the familiar ChromeOS user interface will be retained, but the technical foundation will be based on Android. "This combination is something we are very excited about for next year."
ChromeOS interface with Android underpinnings
The Android boss also explained that they are committed to the laptop form factor based on Chrome OS and that the platform has been a success for the company. The company also has Android tablets, which "have successfully evolved into increasingly productive devices". However, Google has currently paused its own development. It is conceivable that the company is currently pausing tablet development in order to provide future products with the Android ChromeOS version.
It is hardly surprising that Samat announced this news during Qualcomm's in-house exhibition. The first Android notebooks are likely to contain one of the new Snapdragon chips that Qualcomm announced there. It is unclear whether Google will use a smartphone SOC (system-on-a-chip) such as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 or the new Snapdragon X2 Elite notebook chip for the first computers - or whether a different, more cost-effective model will be used.
As with Android smartphones and Chromebooks, Google is likely to work with various hardware manufacturers such as Acer, Samsung, HP and Lenovo to offer a range of Android notebooks in various designs, versions and price points. The new operating system could make its debut at Google's I/O developer trade fair, which usually takes place in May.
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