Google Play is home to a ton of Android apps, and it looks like Chrome OS users may soon get access to that store.
Images posted to the Chrome OS subreddit suggest that Google is working to add Android app support to Chrome OS. First, Reddit user TheWiseYoda found a checkbox in his Chrome OS settings that said “Enable Android apps to run on your Chromebook.” That option then disappeared, but the code for the feature can still be found here.
Afterward, Reddit user InauspiciousPagan posted the screenshot you see at the top of this post. After enabling the aforementioned checkbox, they were met with a pop-up that says “Google Play store now on your Chromebook” and “Choose from over a million apps and games on Google Play to install and use on your Chromebook.”
Google has enabled Android app support on Chrome OS in the past, but in order to get it working, developers had to use an ARC Welder app from the Chrome Web Store and set the app up that way. If Google simply enables Google Play support for Chrome OS, it sounds like users will just be able to access all of the apps available to Android users without any fuss. They may get access to other features of Google Play, too, like the ability to use Google Play gift cards to buy apps for their Chrome OS device.
There’s no word yet on when Google Play and Android apps may officially launched on Chrome OS, but with Google I/O just around the corner, we may learn more details soon.
Do you use a Chrome OS device, such as a Chromebook? If not, would having access to Android apps from Google Play get you to use one?