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12-13-2016, 11:40 AM
If you were holding out hope that Android and Chrome would one day merge into some kind of super OS that marries the desktop and mobile worlds once and for all, Google’s senior vice president for Android, Chrome, and Chromecast Hiroshi Lockheimer-has some bad news for you: It’s not happening.
Speaking on the All About Android podcast, the mobile chief threw a giant bucket of cold water on the idea that the two platforms would eventually converge, despite recent rumors (http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/09/android-chrome-andromeda-merged-os-reportedly-coming-to-the-pixel-3/) that suggest such a project is already in development at Google. “There’s no point in merging them,” Lockheimer said, pointing out sales of that Chromebooks overtook Macs (http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/19/11711714/chromebooks-outsold-macs-us-idc-figures) in the first quarter of this year. “They’re both successful.”
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Speaking on the All About Android podcast, the mobile chief threw a giant bucket of cold water on the idea that the two platforms would eventually converge, despite recent rumors (http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/09/android-chrome-andromeda-merged-os-reportedly-coming-to-the-pixel-3/) that suggest such a project is already in development at Google. “There’s no point in merging them,” Lockheimer said, pointing out sales of that Chromebooks overtook Macs (http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/19/11711714/chromebooks-outsold-macs-us-idc-figures) in the first quarter of this year. “They’re both successful.”
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