One of the biggest stories out of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit in Maui isn’t just about Qualcomm — it’s how Google is finally merging Android and ChromeOS to create a new operating system for computers. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon revealed that it’s finally happening, and now, a Google exec has revealed when it’s happening, too.
It’s “something we’re super excited about for next year,” said Google’s Sameer Samat, head of Android Ecosystem, at the tail end of Qualcomm’s announcement keynote.
No, I’m not excited at all
Not interested
I want Linux for Android devices, not Android for Linux devices.
, don’t care, not buying it.
yeah… i wonder how long pc mainline can stay x86 but I’m in zero fucking rush to find out.
Pass
Meanwhile intel is trying to woo apple - apparently to produce their parts in Intel fabs?
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-seeking-investment-apple-part-200651919.html
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unrelated query: has anyone here actually run a snapdragon desktop setup?
Something I’ll never understand about Google is that they don’t seem to understand that killing every project that isn’t instantly super profitable also kills consumer confidence.
I wouldn’t even consider using a new Google thing for the first few years of its life since I fully expect it will be chopped sooner or later. Case in point: Killed by Google
Which in turn creates a self fulfilling prophecy that they created themselves.
And I also wonder, will it only allow app installs from the app store like they’re supposed to be doing on Android for phones?
Right? I would have bought in to Stadia if I had ANY faith in the company behind it.
Also, I thought chrome os could already run android apps?
In fairness, they did refund 100% of the people who “bought” it. I say that in quotes because Stadia came free with a game I purchased and they fully refunded the game when they killed stadia since it was only playable through stadia.
ChromeOS does run android apps, but to run them well you need 8gb of RAM because both VMs run -Android and Linux.- With this implementation Android apps would run natively, and thus only requiring more ram for Linux apps in the VM they plan to add.
And I also wonder, will it only allow app installs from the app store like they’re supposed to be doing on Android for phones?
Chromebooks traditionally have a working linux VM, so this is likely not impacted by the change.
And btw, you can still download apps from any website as long as the app is signed by a registered developer.
killing every project that isn’t instantly super profitable also kills consumer confidence
Does it tho? I mean, I know it does for techies like us but I am not so sure about the gen pop.
Why the f would a sane person would install and lose admin/root privileges on his pc/laptop.
Why would I want Android on PC?
So they can show you hyper targeted ads, obviously.
My guess would be that it’s intended to replace chrome os, which is already just android lite.
Masochism and self hate, perhaps?
Maybe Android on PC won’t have Recall spyware like Windows, but then again just run Linux
Good luck Google. I’m already pissed that Microsoft is trying to spy on me on my computer - you think I’m gonna let you do that too now?
Ohhhhhhh
THIS is why they want to block sideloading…
If they think I’m going to purchase a computer that will become unsupported between 2-7 years from now and refuse to install the software I want to install, they’re insane.
Chromebooks currently have a 10 year support duration, that’s on par with windows and mac.
I want an android-based PC that can be locked down and de-googled like GrapheneOS
Would you like to explain?
It’s an android-x86 based OS. Basically android for PC. There have been builds of android for X86 for a good while now but I can’t imagine using that as a daily driver.
I’d rather die
Unpopular opinion, but I like this idea. Google’s been promising to develop proper desktop mode for their phones for years. Like Samsung, Oneplus and some others did pretty well. I think this will finally let me plug my phone into a docking station for presentation or a quick email or some other basic task phones already do very well, but let me use mouse, keyboard and a 4k screen.
Right now this functionality is sort of implemented, but is realistically completely unusable.
