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Six Clicks: Androids Apps on Chromebooks

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  • Android apps come to Chrome

    Android apps come to Chrome

    Popular FUD about Chromebooks has it that you can't do anything with them if they're not on the Internet. Not true ! You can write in Google Docs, run AutoCAD, or respond to your Gmail messages and far, far more. There are literally hundreds of Chrome off-line applications.

    What there hasn't been many of are apps designed to run outside Chromebook's Web browser interface except for Chrome's Desktop apps that can both run off-line and outside the browser window. Until now.

    Recently Google started making it possible to run Android apps on Chromebooks . For now, there are only four applications, but developers looking into the code have already found that porting their applications to Android on Chrome will require almost no effort.

    With over a million Android apps waiting in the wings, Chromebooks are about to become even more of a true rival to Windows PCs.

    Published: September 22, 2014 -- 16:26 GMT (09:26 PDT)

    Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

  • Android Evernote on Chrome

    Android Evernote on Chrome

    Evernote Web, the popular notebook and organizer program, have long been available on Chrome OS, but it's not the full program. Now, the complete Android Evernote is available on Chromebooks.

    If you rely on Evernote to manage your working life, as many of my friends do, this may be reason enough just by itself to give a Chromebook a try.

    Published: September 22, 2014 -- 16:26 GMT (09:26 PDT)

    Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

  • Dulingo on Chrome

    Dulingo on Chrome

    Dulingo is a simple program for learning foreign languages. What makes this application interesting is that it uses both your Chromebook's speaker and microphone. It's proof that voice-aware Android apps are on their way to Chromebooks.

    Published: September 22, 2014 -- 16:26 GMT (09:26 PDT)

    Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

  • Kid Sight Words

    Kid Sight Words

    Educational Android applications and simple games, such as Kid Sight Words, show that programs for younger users are also on their way to Chrome OS.

    Published: September 22, 2014 -- 16:26 GMT (09:26 PDT)

    Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

  • Vine

    Vine

    Vine is a popular, fun little program for creating short looped videos. This again is a proof of concept. In this case, it shows that you can create, edit, and play short videos on a Chromebooks.

    Published: September 22, 2014 -- 16:26 GMT (09:26 PDT)

    Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

  • More, many more, Android apps are on the way to the Chrome Web browser and Chrome OS

    More, many more, Android apps are on the way to the Chrome Web browser and Chrome OS

    Google uses the beta App Runtime for Chrome (ARC) to enable Android apps to run on Chrome OS. This, in turn, is built on Native Client, which is a sandbox for running compiled programs within the Chrome Web browser independent of the user’s operating system.

    That last bit is important. It indicates that by using ARC you can not only run Android apps on Chrome OS, but within the Chrome Web browser on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows PCs as well. It turns out that isn't just a theory. It can be done in real life.

    Vlad Filippov, an independent developer, has released chromeos-apk. With this you can both try to run any Android app on Chrome OS or under the Chrome Web browser on any of its supported desktop operating systems.

    This is beta software. Some programs won't work, and even with the apps that do work you'll need to do a fair amount of tweaking. For example SoundCloud, shown above, tends to break.

    Still, the way is clear. Android apps are coming to Chrome OS, and indeed any platform with the Chrome Web browser. A revolution in desktop computing is on its way and these are the first waves.

    Published: September 22, 2014 -- 16:26 GMT (09:26 PDT)

    Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for Linux and Open Source | September 22, 2014 -- 16:26 GMT (09:26 PDT) | Topic: Mobility

  • Android apps come to Chrome
  • Android Evernote on Chrome
  • Dulingo on Chrome
  • Kid Sight Words
  • Vine
  • More, many more, Android apps are on the way to the Chrome Web browser and Chrome OS

Look out, Windows! With Google starting to bring over a million Android apps to Chromebooks, the Windows PC is going to face a real challenge.

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Android apps come to Chrome

Popular FUD about Chromebooks has it that you can't do anything with them if they're not on the Internet. Not true ! You can write in Google Docs, run AutoCAD, or respond to your Gmail messages and far, far more. There are literally hundreds of Chrome off-line applications.

What there hasn't been many of are apps designed to run outside Chromebook's Web browser interface except for Chrome's Desktop apps that can both run off-line and outside the browser window. Until now.

Recently Google started making it possible to run Android apps on Chromebooks . For now, there are only four applications, but developers looking into the code have already found that porting their applications to Android on Chrome will require almost no effort.

With over a million Android apps waiting in the wings, Chromebooks are about to become even more of a true rival to Windows PCs.

Published: September 22, 2014 -- 16:26 GMT (09:26 PDT)

Caption by: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for Linux and Open Source | September 22, 2014 -- 16:26 GMT (09:26 PDT) | Topic: Mobility

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