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Installing this sample app will also install the Android runtime for Chrome OS, and that’s what lets this hack work behind the scenes. Try the app and ensure it works on your Chromebook.

Nobody tell Microsoft! Getting startedįirst, install one of the four official Android apps-like Kids Sight Words-from the Chrome Web Store. Skype’s Android app running in Chrome OS, complete with notifications in the lower-right corner. Android app notifications appear in Chrome’s notification center, too. Apps that use the microphone and camera even have access to your Chromebook’s microphone and camera. In practice, the runtime is still in development and some apps crash-especially since Google’s Android backend services aren’t present on a Chromebook-but many apps already work just fine. Google’s goal is to get every Android app running on a Chromebook. Installing one of these apps will get you the runtime, and then you can “sideload” an Android app and run it on your Chromebook. To test it out, it released four Android apps-Vine, Evernote, Duolingo, and Sight Words-that are now on the Chrome Web Store. Here’s how it works: Google created a “runtime” that allows any Android app to run on Chrome OS. Chat on Skype, play Minecraft Pocket Edition, or read the latest news in Flipboard it’s all possible, with a little help from Linux. Google is currently working with a handful of developers to bring a few Android apps to Chrome OS-but why wait for the pokey process to bear fruit? You can run any Android app on your Chromebook today.