aluminium os

Google’s Android is quietly moving off the phone and onto the desktop, and the implications are already forcing a rethink of what a modern PC operating system can — and should — be. Background / Overview For more than a decade Android has dominated smartphones globally, powering the majority of...

Google’s Android is no longer content to be the world’s dominant smartphone OS; with a project widely reported under the internal codename Aluminium OS, the company is actively preparing an Android‑based desktop operating system aimed at laptops, detachables and mini‑PCs — a move that could...

Google’s long‑mooted plan to bring Android to full‑blown laptops and desktops has taken a concrete shape: an Android‑based PC operating system codenamed Aluminium OS is in development and poised to reshape Google’s device strategy over the next several years. Background / Overview For more than...

Google’s long-running experiment to pull Android off phones and onto traditional laptops and desktops has reached a new, public turning point: internal codenames, job postings, leaked builds and vendor briefings now point to a focused effort to deliver an Android-based desktop platform that...

Google’s move to bring Android off phones and onto full desktop PCs has crossed a new milestone: an internal project codenamed Aluminium OS is now the focal point of a multi-year plan to merge Android’s app-rich ecosystem with ChromeOS’s device management and familiarity. What was once a whisper...

Google’s push to run Android as a genuine desktop OS — the project that’s been cropping up in leaks under the codename “Aluminium OS” — is the clearest signal yet that the company wants more than another niche Chromebook variant; it wants a real Windows and macOS competitor, and that ambition...