This is how Android apps work on Chrome computers
The company Google already announced at the conference for Google I/O developers of this same year that would bring applications from the Android platform to computers with the Chrome operating system, known as Chromebooks Well, now a demo video has dropped new clues about how these will work these applications on a computer.And yes, you can play titles like Clash of Clans, use applications that were previously only for mobile phones like Snapchat , or even work with editing tools without an Internet connection on these computers.
For the time being, Google has urged people to wait until the end of the year to be able to make this feature a reality, but the developers are already working on creating and adapting the applications for mobiles and tablets to Chromebook computers Meanwhile, we will have to settle for the demonstration shown by the people in charge of the project. A video where the integration of these two operating systems is presented and the fluidity of the project and the applications. Of course, we must not forget that this is a prepared demo, under predefined conditions. And you need a powerful Chromebook with a touch screen to be able to have the same experience as on a mobile device when using some apps.Something that time and developers should fix.
The video shows how the app store Google Play Store is integrated into the operating system Chrome as a plus icon in the bottom toolbar. Clicking on this icon accesses the store in the same way as on mobile devices. In fact, the animations of the icons and download pages are present to make the experience more fluid and dynamic. Here it is enough to install any application or game as usual.
In this way the tools are integrated into the computer. This means, for example, having the Photoshop photo editing application in its mobile version to touch up any image on your laptop. The result can then be shared using the email app, or inserted into a text document created with the app Microsoft Word
But not only that. As with the mobile and tablet apps, its adaptation for Chromebooks also works especially well when do not have an Internet connection, depending on each case. This means having recent Word documents handy so you can edit them on the fly, for example example. Or play on the computer during the journeys.
And yes, playing is one of the great incentives of this integration between Android and Chrome Any application or game can be downloaded, installed and enjoyed on a computer. Of course, for this, it is necessary to have one of the most recent computers of this platform, which not only has power to run these games (they are not emulated), but also with a touch screen to carry out many of their mechanics.
In the same way, the functionalities to watch movies or access the collections of books and music would be available in this integration. Contents with the same qualities as Android devices, such as having them in onflline mode if previously downloaded.
In short, qualities that make the operating system most interesting Chrome, which will soon join power, efficiency and content, without neglecting the security that this platform offers to users.
