Google’s Chrome OS will soon be able to run all Android apps

The Play Store is coming to Chrome OS, Google announced at its I/O developer conference today — and with that, you will soon be able to install and run virtually any Android app on your Chromebooks and Chromeboxes.

It’s no secret that Google has been working on this project for quite a while now. You were already able to run a few Android apps on Chrome OS before, too. This new project, however, uses a completely different technology. As Chrome OS director of product manager Kan Liu told me, the earliest version used ARC (the Android Runtime for Chrome) and Native Client.

Google I/O 2016 Highlights: Latest Updates and Announcements

HIGHLIGHTS

• Google I/O 2016 saw announcements for Android, Chrome OS, more.
• You can check out all the biggest Google I/O 2016 highlights here.
• Stay tuned for more updates from Google's annual dev conference.
• Day 1 of Google I/O, the search giant's annual developer conference, has concluded. The first day included the 2-hour keynote address, and saw several announcements from Google. 
  
  Here are the highlights of the Google I/O 2016 announcements thus far, which range from the new version of Android N to fresh features for Android TV, Google Home virtual assistant to the the Daydream VR ecosystem. 
  
  Stay tuned to Gadgets 360 for the latest updates from Google I/O 2016.