Friday, September 12, 2014

Google Reveals First Wave of Android Apps for Chromebooks

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As promised during Google I/O earlier this year, the first Android apps for Chromebooks have arrived.


Machines running Google's Chrome OS can now run the Vine, Evernote, Duolingo and Sight Words Android apps on their desktops.



The first class of apps are part of Google's App Runtime for Chrome (beta), the project that Google's head of Android Sundar Pichai first revealed earlier this year during Google I/O. The project is part of Google's broader effort to make Android and Chrome OS a more unified experience.


Given Chromebook's prevalence in schools, it's not surprising that two of the first apps Google would choose to push to the platform first are educational apps: Duolingo and Sight Words. Duolingo is a language-learning app and Sight Words is an app to teach children how to read. Read more...

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