Google Announces New Set Of Android Apps For Chromebooks

Google announces new set of Android apps for Chromebooks

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Published 11 Sep 2014

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In June of this year, at the Google I/O conference, the search giant showed off what the future of Android and Chromebooks looks like. Namely, more compatibility, specifically for Android apps to work on the laptops. Now, the company has officially unveiled the first batch of apps.

Google announced the supported apps on their official blog on Thursday, September 11. There are some familiar faces, too, but one notable exception at this point. The returning faces, the apps that made their presence known at I/O, are Vine and Evernote. The missing app? Flipboard.

Duolingo and Sight Words are also compatible with Chromebooks as well from this point on, and Google says there are more coming. In fact, Google is working “with a select group of Android developers to add more of your favorite apps.” You need to be running Chrome 37 or above to be able to access and use the apps, but if you’ve got that handled, you can download the apps through the Chrome Web Store.

[Via Google Chrome Blog; Ars Technica]