Google Chrome and Android OS will merge in the future
Google is currently working on two operating systems for different platforms. One of the OS is Chrome, which targets Netbooks and the other one is Android, targeting smart phones. Apparently, the two operating systems could potentially merge in the future.
When Google first announced that the company would be pursuing development of two distinct operating systems many questioned Google’s motivation. Other companies such as Microsoft use the Windows based platform for both the desktop and mobile solution. Up to this point it was not clear why the company was pursuing two distinct operating systems when it could just use the same one for both platforms.
The answer to this question was recently offered by the co-founder of Google. According to CNET, it seems Google wants to spur some competition internally within the company by creating two teams working on both a mobile and Netbook solution. Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google stated that “Android and Chrome will likely converge over time.”
It seems like Google wants to keep its options open as smart phones and computers may merge into another type device altogether in the future. According to Sundar Pichai, Google’s VP of product management, technology is reaching a “perfect storm” where computers are behaving like mobile phones and vice versa.
Pichai stated, “Having two open source operating systems from Google provides both users and device manufacturers with more choice and helps contribute a wealth of new code to the open source community.” Google’s ultimate vision of millions of users relying on cloud computing is pretty ambitious. If cloud computing does pan out and goes mainstream Google’s dual approach might eventually pay off as the two operating systems could converge.
Currently, Android is set to ship on mobile devices this year while Chrome OS is still in development and will not ship until near the end of 2010.
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