As long as you don't demand peak performance - and what Chromebook user does? - this is a beta test worth trying out. The popular gaming title Asphalt 8 ran a little choppy but was still playable, while the less demanding, but fun PinOut pinball game showed no such lag.
Naturally the best performance came on laptops running on the stable channel, such as the Google Pixelbook and Samsung Chromebook Pro, where titles has small hiccups, but nothing too shoddy.īack when we had to put an Acer Chromebook R13 on the beta channel to access the Google Play Store, it ran games and titles with slight choppiness but nothing too bad. We've seen varying degrees of stability when trying out Android apps on different devices. Chromebooks featuring Android apps on the Beta Channel:Īcer Chromebook 11 (C730 / CB3-111 / C730E / CB3-131) Lenovo ThinkPad 11e Yoga Chromebook (Gen 3) Lenovo Thinkpad 11e Yoga Chromebook (Gen 4) The Play Store on Chrome OS is expected to start rolling out to mainstream users later in 2016.Chromebooks featuring Android apps on the Stable Channel: Everyday customers who are reluctant to try Chrome OS may think twice when the same apps they’re familiar with on their phone are also available on their PC-especially when it comes to Chromebooks rocking touchscreens like the convertible Asus Chromebook Flip. Chrome OS + Android = consumer interest?Īs for users who haven’t yet touched a Chromebook, if anything will help Chrome OS catch on in the consumer market it’s Android apps. But that doesn’t explain the seemingly arbitrary decision to cut out Chromebooks from 2013 and early 2014. Early Chromebooks from 20, therefore, may simply be unsupported due to Google’s end-of-life policy. Now to be fair, Google only promises to support Chromebooks for five years from their release date. If that’s the case, then the limitation may be a ploy by Google and its partners to sell more Chromebooks. In other words, don’t expect to see a ton of other devices added to the list over time. Google told Ars the decision to cut out devices older than two years was intentional. That suggests there are no technical limitations preventing at least some older Chromebooks from running Android apps.
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