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The question is how long we have to wait until Google introduces a 'desktop' view of Android with multiple windows. I'm saying later next year, but it could ea
by hahainternet 14y ago
The question is how long we have to wait until Google introduces a 'desktop' view of Android with multiple windows.
I'm saying later next year, but it could easily be at IO.
All the groundwork is there and there's little stopping Android being adopted as a 'real' OS.
- untog 14y agoI would say that the biggest barrier to that is Chrome OS. Or, rather, where in the market Android stops and Chrome OS starts.
- hahainternet 14y agoMy opinion regarding this is that Chrome OS is now ready to be ported to Android. All of Google's flagship devices now ship Chrome instead of 'Browser' and afaik Chromebooks are all ARM now (although Android is cross architecture)
- georgemcbay 14y ago"afaik Chromebooks are all ARM now" This isn't correct. Chromebooks/ChromeOS are meant to be processor neutral just like Android. The Samsung XE303C12 device released a few months ago is the only current official Chromebook device that is ARM based among half a dozen devices, most of which are x86, and Google hasn't said anything to suggest that they are shifting Chromebooks to the ARM exclusively. In fact, the latest Chromebook release (Acer's C7, which was released after the Samsung ARM one) is an x86 device.
- justinschuh 14y agoNope. Android is missing quite a few core Chrome OS dependencies (e.g. trusted boot and SecComp BPF). And exactly one Chrome OS device is ARM (the Samsung A15); the other ~7 devices are Intel.