Google Says Android, Chrome OS Will Eventually Converge

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Google-Android-Chrome-OS-Chromebook-Chromebox,news-15400.html

by esolyt • 14 years ago

10 5 14 years ago

Anyone that's surprised has not been paying attention.

SquareWheel2• 14 years ago

I've been following both projects closely, and I'm very surprised. They're two very different project, and I don't see how they possibly could merge.

ChromeOS is open-source through and through, and is based on the web as a platform. Android is tied to a Google account, is mostly but not fully open-source, and has a very different eco-system. It's API-driven.

Will we be seeing web intents and Android intents merge? Will Dalvik be rewritten on a web technology? Will Java be used at all in this new merged platform?

I can't even begin to imagine how these could merge... User interfaces, maybe, but not the underlying technologies. But maybe that's what is meant by this line: "in time there will be a seamless user experience across all the devices"

tutuca• 14 years ago

Is Chromium OS up to date with Chrome OS? Their site was too too quite...

Zaim3• 14 years ago

Yeah, I read it as the iOS/OS S style convergence. Different systems, but consistent UI/UX/feature implementations across the two.

Google Says Android, Chrome OS Will Eventually Converge

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