As announced at Google I/O last week, the Google Play store is coming to ChromeOS devices and with it a massive injection of apps and services. During the beta, only the ASUS Chromebook Flip, the Acer Chromebook R 11 and the latest Chromebook Pixel will be able to use the update, coming in the Dev Channel M53 build.
But what about long term? What about your Chromebook or Chromebase? Will it ever be graced by Android apps? Well, wonder no more, Google have published a rather extensive list of ChromeOS devices that WILL be getting the Google Play Store when the update rolls out to the stable channel.
We’ve separated the list into the larger OEM vendors the are the most likely to represent the ChromeOS devices locally, but have also included the whole list, partly just to show just how many ChromeOS devices have actually been produced (remembering these are only the devices getting the update!).
First, the ones you can get here:
| Manufacturer | Device |
|---|---|
| Acer | Chromebook 11 C740 Chromebase 24 Chromebook 11 CB3-111 / C730 / CB3-131 Chromebook 15 CB5-571 / C910 Chromebook 15 CB3-531 Chromebox CXI2 Chromebook 14 CB3-431 Chromebook 14 for Work |
| Asus | Chromebook C200 Chromebook C201 Chromebook C202SA Chromebook C300SA Chromebook C300 Chromebox CN62 Chromebit CS10 |
| Dell | Chromebook 11 3120 Chromebook 13 7310 |
| Chromebook Pixel (2015) | |
| HP | Chromebook 11 G3 / G4 / G4 EE Chromebook 14 G4 Chromebook 13 |
| Lenovo | 100S Chromebook N20 / N20P Chromebook N21 Chromebook ThinkCentre Chromebox ThinkPad 11e Chromebook N22 Chromebook Thinkpad 13 Chromebook Thinkpad 11e Chromebook Gen 3 |
| Samsung | Chromebook 2 11″ – XE500C12 Chromebook 3 |
| Toshiba | Chromebook 2 Chromebook 2 (2015) |
Now, the full list:
| Manufacturer | Device |
|---|---|
| AOpen | Chromebox Commercial Chromebase Commercial 22″ |
| Bobicus | Chromebook 11 |
| CDI | eduGear Chromebook M Series eduGear Chromebook K Series |
| CTL | Chromebook J2 / J4 N6 Education Chromebook J5 Convertible Chromebook |
| Edxis | Chromebook Education Chromeboo |
| Haier | Chromebook 11 Chromebook 11e Chromebook 11 G2 |
| Hexa | Chromebook Pi |
| HiSense | Chromebook 11 |
| Lava | Xolo Chromebook |
| Medion | Akoya S2013 Chromebook S2015 |
| M&A | Chromebook |
| NComputing | Chromebook CX100 |
| Nexian | Chromebook 11.6″ |
| PCMerge | Chromebook PCM-116E |
| Poin2 | Chromebook 11 |
| Sector 5 | E1 Rugged Chromebook |
| Senkatel | C1101 Chromebook |
| True IDC | Chromebook 11 |
| Viglen | Chromebook 11 |
If your current ChomeOS device isn’t on the list, it is somewhat unlikely that it will be added. However, Google wanted to reassure you this doesn’t mean you device won’t continue to get the normal ChromeOS updates, just that the Play Store is not coming to your device. Small compensation if you were excited about getting Android apps on your Chrome device and it’s not on the list I know.
It’s going to be an interesting time to see how apps designed to work on Smartphones and tablets will translate to the more traditional laptop form factor, especially considering only a small proportion of current-gen ChromeOS devices have multi-touch touchscreens. As with all major change we should all expect a few teething problems while Google and app developers work out the kinks.
Do you have a Chromebook? Is your device on the list? Let us know in the comments.
