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I had a Chromebook a few years ago and at that time one could run Android apps on it, is that no longer the case?
by drdec 4y ago
I had a Chromebook a few years ago and at that time one could run Android apps on it, is that no longer the case?
- xrd 4y agoYou definitely can. The experience is a mixed bag: they aren't often optimized for no-touch devices, and they often need more resources than low end devices can provide. But they definitely run without much work to install. I thought i was smart getting my kids Chromebooks but the frustrations about how poorly they run supercedes the value in my opinion.
- drdec 4y agoThanks for the update
- jrm4 4y agoRight, I'm sorry if I wasn't clear --- when I said "run in Chrome" I meant "in the Chrome browser regardless of OS, e.g. in Linux" I want the kiddo to have not a Chromebook, but real Linux, e.g. Ubuntu. While the Android apps work fine, other things we do (e.g. easily saving files, dealing with local network stuff like Java Minecraft play) do not.
- bpye 4y agoThere is Waydroid. It doesn't use Chrome but should work on any Linux distro. I have used it in the past with some success, but not for quite some time now.