Instead, it will automatically download and install (at a size of 100MB or so) when you first install an Android app from the Chrome Web Store. This runtime is not included in Chrome OS by default. ‘Developers do not need to port or modify their code,’ a Google spokesperson told Ars Technica, but add that doing so can improve the app to work better with the Chromebook form factor. It doesn’t Google has worked around this beautifully by using the new ‘in-window’ controls for Hosted URL apps.įor example, to go ‘back’ in your activity stack you just hit the arrow icon in the window title bar:Īndroid applications run on Chrome OS through a native client extension called “App Runtime for Chrome (Beta)”. But, again, this likely comes back to screen size.īeing designed for a platform with soft keys on screen at all times could’ve made navigation cumbersome on a Chromebook. The appearance of text in the apps looks a little fuzzy to my eyes, and in some cases (namely in Evernote) appear rather too small. One suspects that this is a technical necessity at present since most Android applications are typically built with predefined screen sizes in mind. You’ll even see plenty of Android cues as you navigate through them, including dialogs, prompts and the text picker.Īlso, application windows cannot be resized. They look the same, work the same, and are laid out the same. When running any of the apps on Chrome OS you’ll notice instantly that these really are Android apps.
The first four Android apps to run on Chrome OS are now available to install from the Chrome Web Store.
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