Get the latest tech news

Google says more on desktop Android, Qualcomm ‘incredibly excited’

At Snapdragon Summit 2025, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon had an on-stage conversation with Google’s Rick Osterloh and desktop Android...

At Snapdragon Summit 2025, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon had an on-stage conversation with Google’s Rick Osterloh. Over the years, ChromeOS has gotten more Android, but that ability to run apps from the Play Store is due to a virtual machine approach rather than anything more native. Specifically, this move would “accelerate the pace of AI innovation at the core of ChromeOS, simplify engineering efforts, and help different devices like phones and accessories work better together with Chromebooks.”

Get the Android app