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Chrome OS Can Now Run Android Apps With No Porting Required

Posted by timothy on from the that-could-be-big dept.

An anonymous reader writes On Thursday, Google launched "App Runtime for Chrome (Beta)" which allows Android apps to run on Chrome OS without the need for porting. At the moment, only Duolingo, Evernote, Sight Words, and Vine are available on the platform with the rest of the Play Store's offerings to come later. Google "built an entire Android stack into Chrome OS using Native Client" in order to achieve this.

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  1. Re:Why not just run Chrome on Android on Chromeboo by msobkow · · Score: 5, Funny

    So your friend's husband bought a web-connected device, knowing fully well that they live in a rural area with shitty web connections?

    What your you going to complain about next? Not being able to tow semi-trailers with your Yugo?

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