At Google I/O, Google first announced that Google Play and Android apps would make their way to Chromebooks via an update to Chrome OS v53. The initial rollout came in the unstable developer channel and is expected to be stable later this year as availability widens. Today, Google Play access has graduated to the beta channel and is rolling out to the Chromebook Pixel (2015), Acer Chromebook R11, and Asus Chromebook Flip.
This is Chrome OS beta 53.0.2785.36 and while it is a beta and includes Google Play access, Google mentions that the Google Play portion of the update is still a “Developer Preview” and may not work as fully intended. With that in mind, expect there to be bugs.
The good news is that the beta channel of Chrome OS should generally be more stable than the dev channel, so your overall experience should be much better even if the Google Play and Android side of things is a bit rocky. If you are currently running the dev channel on any of the supported Chromebooks, feel free to upgrade to the beta.
To see an early hands-on of Google Play and Android apps running on Chrome OS, be sure to check out this video.
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I understand that Crossover is developing a compatibility layer for android, it will require
an intel processor to run window apps on chrombook
If you are running the developer channel on the Asus Chromebook Flip, what happens if you switch now to the beta channel? Will your apps/ the play store change?
Yup, and meanwhile Android 7 is coming out soon, and no one will get the update, as is normal for Android.
What’s that have to do with the article?
That this isn’t going to get to chrome os laptops like how Android isn’t getting updates. Typical google product.
You clearly don’t understand how chrome OS works.
I like to eat potatoes while playing in traffic and singing the number 7 in it’s entirety.
At least mine made sense.
Keep that deep-throating up. It’s going to do you well in the Samsung/Google/Apple owned world.
Why no reporting on this Superbook on Kickstarter? I remember Motorola made one back in the day and its trending everywhere but DL.
http://www.androidauthority.com/crowdfunding-project-week-superbook-turns-smartphone-laptop-706694/
Because it’s been done and promised multiple times before by multiple different companies, most of whom were much more reputable than the Andromium. Kickstarter is notorious for flops, delays and outright thieves. The only reporting Android Police should do on the Superbook is to steer people away from it.
Android Police?
Caught red handed. Fixed.
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What about other Chromebooks? Is there any new information on other devices that will receive the update?
The non-touch Chromebooks on the to-be-supported list will require Android 7.
I’m guessing Google Play will be available on my Toshiba Chromebook 2 “Swanky” by the beginning of September.
I have the Toshiba Chromebook 2 also. I hope you’re right about September release!!
Sure should make that laptop more useful. I might even be able to stop dual-booting a Linux distro off the USB 3.0.
And I would think it’ll be on the stable channel at that point.
Nice, just got a Flip to replace my Nexus 9 and may move to the beta channel to check this out.
Were you able to switch from stable to beta? It’s not running an update for me D:
I was able switch. Running Dev mode on Asus Flip.
and did v 53 dl for you when you switched? it still wont download for me I guess it’s rolling out slowly
Currently running version 53.0.2785.36 dev. I didn’t need to download anything. I just started running in developer mode about 3 or 4 weeks ago and have continued to get periodic updates.
Haven’t switched just yet…did it work for you? Seem stable enough?