Google's Chromebook have been a welcomed addition to the notebook family with their no-frills, straightforward operating system, extensive battery lives, and portable form factors. However, compared to the search engine giant's mobile operating system, Chrome OS definitely pales in comparsion. A huge percentage of the devices people use nowadays is allocated to Android, and it goes without saying that it has grown over the years since it was first conceived. As such, Google is seeing it fit to fold Chrome OS into the more dominant Android counterpart as the operating system to run in Chromebooks.
According to reports, Google plans to fold Chrome for personal computers into Android, as a sign of the growing dominance of it in the world of mobile computing. Engineers in Google have been tirelessly working for two years to merge both of the operating systems, and it has seen progress as of late. Furthermore, Google is planning to unveil the new operating system by 2017, although it will come in a different name and early versions will come out next year.
Android is the most popular mobile operating system today. According to IDC, Google's mobile operating system accounts to about 82.8 percent of the mobile market, making it the most dominant in its sector. Chrome, on the other hand, has a niche market that it only accounts for less than three percent of PCs.
While Chromebooks have been providing a successful and low-cost alternative to fully fledged Windows laptops, the functionality and programs that power users would need simply aren't there. Although in Chrome OS' stance, the apps it has in store are adequate for daily documentations, research and multimedia playback.
Google recently unveiled a convertible Android laptop last month called the Pixel C. It features an ergonomic keyboard case that allows it to function as a laptop, albeit one that runs the ubuquitous mobile operating system from Google.
