Chrome OS Android is ideal business mix – Computerworld.nl

Google last week announced a major step in bringing its two operating systems closer together. Unlike previous rumors will not merge the company Chrome OS and Android, but the distinction between the two will be from June increasingly become apparent, as Android apps also can be called Chromebooks

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Chromebooks will get more powerful and more useful for enterprises as the devices gain access to a solid catalog of Android apps, volgens Google. A trio of Chromebooks – the Asus Chromebook Flip and Acer’s Chromebook R11 and Pixel – will receive updates next month thatwill let them run Android apps, and the company says it will expand support to more Chrome devices later this year

<. p> IT administrators will be editable to manage Android apps from the Chrome admin console volgens Rajen Sheth, Google’s senior director of product management for Android and Chrome for Work. In Addition to the more than 200 policies That are already available in the admin console, Google is adding new policies to let CIOs and IT professionals manage Android app installs, Sheth Said at the annual Google I / O developer conference. The console ook lets companies make apps available on a per-user basis.

Android apps on the Chrome OS will run in a Linux container so developers will not have to make any changes to Their Existing apps for them to run on Chromebooks, accordion thing to Google. After apps are installed on Chromebooks They get access to the entire Chrome OS file system, as well as key features zoals Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, notifications, offline support and touch input, where available.

Google Play the world’s largest app store, will be usefull available on Chromebooks for the first time. Chromebook users Currently have access only to Google Apps, Web-based applications or basic website shortcuts That Are available on the Chrome Web Store.

About two million businesses use Google Apps for Business today, but volgens Sheth some enterprises want to augment thesis options with apps zoals Skype or Microsoft Word. So, for example if Google Hangout does not work for an organization, Skype for Android, Slack or any other Android messaging app will soon be editable to fill That void. Some teams May ook prefer Android apps to Web apps Because Of Their mobile-centric features, zoals push notifications and do-not-disturb rules.

Google put a lot of work into making Chromebooks more attractive to the enterprise in recent months and years, but application compatibility HAS BEEN a glaring problem, volgens Sheth. Google says it is confident Android apps on Chromebooks will be transformational for businesses That wanna use the specific apps They preferred, he said.

Google says about half of the Chromebooks released during the last two years will Eventually get Google Play access. However, some businesses with older machines will have to purchase new Chromebooks if theywant access to Android and its massive developer community.