Google Play Store and “over a million apps” could be headed to Chrome OS
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The work-in-progress dialog box that a user was able to bring up.
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Google first brought the ability to run Android apps on Chrome OS with a project called the “App Runtime for Chrome (ARC).” Google built an Android runtime on Chrome OS and partnered with select developers to port a handful of Android apps. Now it sounds like Google is ready to unleash millions of Android apps onto the platform by bringing the entire Play Store to Chrome OS.
In the Chrome OS subreddit, users are reporting some interesting behavior in their Chromebooks. “TheWiseYoda” noticed that when the settings first load up, an option flashes on screen that reads, “Enable Android apps to run on your Chromebook.” The option immediately disappears, so it’s not possible to click on its confirmation box. We were able to replicate this on our second-gen Chromebook Pixel running the developer build.
After some hunting in the Chrome OS source code, TheWiseYoda found a few strings in this file (starting at line 6522) that mention the arrival of Google Play on Chrome OS. The most important message seems to be this one:
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