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0 pointshahainternet13y ago0 comments

My opinion regarding this is that Chrome OS is now ready to be ported to Android. All of Google's flagship devices now ship Chrome instead of 'Browser' and afaik Chromebooks are all ARM now (although Android is cross architecture)

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georgemcbay13y ago

"afaik Chromebooks are all ARM now"

This isn't correct. Chromebooks/ChromeOS are meant to be processor neutral just like Android.

The Samsung XE303C12 device released a few months ago is the only current official Chromebook device that is ARM based among half a dozen devices, most of which are x86, and Google hasn't said anything to suggest that they are shifting Chromebooks to the ARM exclusively.

In fact, the latest Chromebook release (Acer's C7, which was released after the Samsung ARM one) is an x86 device.

justinschuh13y ago

Nope. Android is missing quite a few core Chrome OS dependencies (e.g. trusted boot and SecComp BPF). And exactly one Chrome OS device is ARM (the Samsung A15); the other ~7 devices are Intel.

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