Google is changing Chrome OS so it will embrace large portions of the Android stack to accelerate the delivery of AI features.

Google has made clear it won't boot aside its Android mobile platform by creating the Chrome OS, noting that there will be a place for both.

Google is planning to bring browser extensions to Chrome on Android, but primarily for Chromebook users, through a new 'Desktop Android' version.

As of October, Google was testing a version of Chrome for Android that supports browser extensions, a major improvement that'll be key to this unified Android/Chrome operating system.

Chrome OS is finally adding support for peer-to-peer Wi-Fi, which will make sharing files via Quick Share faster and more convenient.

Now, according to Android Authority, it appears that Android will replace Chrome OS as its desktop OS in the future.

If Google changes the Chromebook operating system to Android and is forced to sell Chrome, it will still have control over Chromebooks' operating system and the money it makes from them.

The question was raised back then because rumors were circulating that Google was attempting to merge Android and Chrome OS under the project name Andromeda.

Google may be working to merge Chrome OS into its Android operating system to strengthen the value proposition of the software for its best Android tablets. While rumors circulate about Google’s ...

ZDNET's Jason Perlow predicted that Google would merge Android and Chrome OS to create a new, lightweight hybrid smartphone/desktop operating system.