Google has confirmed that its project to run Chrome OS alongside Android was just a fun proof of concept. The company needed something to demonstrate the enhanced virtualization capabilities of ...

Google is no longer working on its Ferrochrome launcher, an app that would’ve made running Chrome OS in a virtual machine on select Android devices super easy. Google started the Ferrochrome project ...

My phone is more than a phone now.

You can already run Android apps on most Chromebooks, thanks to an optional feature that basically installed Google’s mobile operating system as a subsystem of ...

They're barely in the same league ...

Project Ferrochrome's initial purpose was to demonstrate the advanced virtualization capabilities of Android 15. However, the project's rapid progression indicates that Google is serious about ...

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The key to this change is a new terminal app that uses the Android Virtualization Framework (AVF). With this app, users can run Linux commands on their Android device through a virtual machine (VM).

In a nutshell: Google is apparently interested in blurring the line between its two main computing platforms. The mobile-focused Android system could soon acquire the ability to run specific ChromeOS ...