Chrome OS is very close to taking control and features to replace Android tablets
Chrome OS is very close to taking control and features to replace Android tablets
The latest update of Google Chrome, version 64, is now coming to Chromebooks with a series of very necessary features, focused on the tablet. These include a new split-screen feature for multi-tasking at the same time in tablet mode, and a screen capture feature taken from Android, as pointed out by 9to5Google. While these are relatively standard updates, they paint an image of the future of Chrome OS as the correct replacement for Android tablet software. As it is now, Chrome OS is very close to taking control and features like this increasingly drive to become the hybrid operating system for all types of screens with Google technology.
This has been in process for quite some time as Google's Chrome and Android teams have coordinated closely to ensure that the influx of low-cost hybrid devices such as 2-in-1 Chromebooks get the best of both worlds. There is, of course, the compatibility of Android applications in Chrome OS, an initiative that came in half for the first time last year and took months to complete when Google solved the problems. For example, last month, Google added the ability for Android apps on Chromebooks to run in the background. In July of last year, Google also began to implement a tactile redesign of Chrome OS to make the software more functional in tablet mode.