Google denies the rumors about the death of Chrome OS

A Google executive has addressed the issue in a dedicated post: Chrome OS will not disappear, but it will likely be more and more similar to Android.

Last week, the Wall Street Journal in a report wrote that Chrome OS and Android would become one in 2017. The news was interpreted by many sources as possible to the ” death ” of Chrome OS, which would leave room for the robot platform Green also on desktop and mobile. But it will not, as would point Hiroshi Lockheimer, senior vice president of Android, Chrome OS and Chromecasts for Google.

Although we have been working on new methods to deliver in a single product the best of both operating systems, there is no plan to eliminate the Chrome OS.

The manager of Big G has published a tweet first, and then address the issue in more depth on the official website in a dedicated post: ” Chrome OS is not going anywhere, ” he wrote trying to put a permanent end to speculation on the news. Then stating: ” Although we have been working on new methods to deliver in a single product the best of both operating systems, there is no plan to eliminate the Chrome OS “.

Google is due to run for cover, especially for a reason. The company has a commitment for a period of five years with customers who have purchased a device based on Chrome OS. Five years that will ensure automatic updates and security features on devices sold, with the term that is in 2020 for devices sold this year. Even if the company wanted to eliminate the operating system, simply can not currently do.

Instead, what it can do is make Chrome OS more and more similar to Android, trying to channel the success of the latter also on desktops and notebooks. And it’s a job that has already begun, with the two operating systems that bring tangible differences almost exclusively in terms of the user interface. Lockheimer mentioned some of the recent changes made with this view, as Chromebook for Worko porting some applications via the Android App Runtime.

” But there is still much to do “, he points out, specifying the news that we can expect in the near future, as a new multimedia player, a new user interface based on Material Design, performance and more news related to the world of security.