Google ka konfirmuar bashkimin e ardhshëm të Android dhe Chrome OS.

Sameer Samat, president of Google for Android ecosystem development, spoke at the Qualcomm summit about the efforts to merge the Android and Chrome OS platforms, the results of which will be delivered to users in 2026. Android will remain the primary platform, with capabilities expanded for use on laptops and PCs. The results of this work are already noticeable in the releases of Android 15 and 16, which introduced desktop mode and adaptations for larger screen devices. Eventually, Chromebook users will be offered familiar features of Chrome OS, but adapted to use Android technologies.

The reasons for migrating to Android technologies include the integration of the environment for PCs and laptops with the Android ecosystem and the desire to utilize AI services like Gemini, which have recently been actively developed for Android on a larger number of devices. Transitioning to Android will also enable the use of available tools for virtual and augmented reality on laptops. In the past, Google employees cited the desire to enhance competition with the iPad and to use engineering resources more effectively, rather than spreading efforts across two operating systems, as reasons for the merger of Android and Chrome OS.

The ChromeOS operating system resembles atomically updated Linux distributions in its architecture, using the Linux kernel with specific patches, the upstart system manager, and the ebuild/portage build toolkit from Gentoo Linux. Although the user environment of ChromeOS is focused on using a web browser, and web applications are used instead of standard programs, the platform includes a full-fledged multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. For launching applications created for Linux and Android, it uses makina virtuale, të ekzekutuar përmes hipervizorit CrosVM, i bazuar në KVM.

By default, Chrome OS employs disk partition encryption with user data (using fscrypt), while system partitions are mounted as read-only, verified by digital signatures, and updated atomically (two root partitions, one for work and one for updating, which switch places). Output to the screen is handled through the Freon graphics stack and the Aura window manager (the project is also developing a compositor). server Exo i bazuar në Wayland, punon mbi Aura). Kodi burimor shpërndahet nën licencën e lirë Apache 2.0.

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