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What exactly does Chrome OS offer that Android already doesn't? (Not a rhetorical question) Especially when Chrome OS even runs Android apps, and under the hoo

What exactly does Chrome OS offer that Android already doesn't? (Not a rhetorical question) Especially when Chrome OS even runs Android apps, and under the hood - they're the same Linux Kernel. Are there any use cases where Chrome OS shines on a Laptop form factor where Android x86/Dex/related projects fall short of?

drbig 2y ago
Not a user of Chrome OS, but DEX (R.I.P) and the main difference is multiple apps in their windows at once, so you can chat, watch a video and write an email at the same time just as you'd do on a desktop.
- rchaud 2y ago
  Why RIP for Samsung DEX? I use it all the time.
  - drbig 2y ago
    Wow, thanks! You're right I have been mistaken. It's alive! ("On October 2019 Samsung announced that Linux on DeX will not be available for Android 10", I must have read it back then as discontinuing DeX altogether!)
rchaud 2y ago
Chrome runs Android apps in a sandbox, so a lot of apps don't work in the way you'd think. Games might be OK as all data is stored in the app, but if you use say a note-taking app that exports a TXT file to local storage, that export won't work if the app is running on ChromeOS.
moondev 2y ago
Crostini is a ChromeOS thing not an Android thing.