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Industry has started responding to Google’s announcement of Android Apps on Chromebooks. Adobe, in a blog post announced that they are exicted about Android Apps on Chromeobook and will optimize their apps for better experience on Chrome OS.

Yes, we are all excited. In a recent poll over at Droid Life, 67% responded Yes to the question “Will you buy a Chromebook after they get Android Apps”. Some stories say that Chromebooks just killed tablets. And then came the news that Chromebooks outsold Macs for the first time in the US.

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This is indeed exciting times for Chromebook fans like us, especially if you have been a Chromebook user right from the days of CR48.

Now that the Chromebook scene has become more interesting (and the fear that Google might kill Chrome OS is going away, at least for now), more companies are paying more attention to the ecosystem.

Adobe has been Google’s partner right from Google Chrome. They shipped a sandboxed version of Flash and Adobe Reader with Chrome. Now, with the new announcement, Adobe was quick to join in and say that they will be bringing their Android apps to Chromebooks.

With more than 300 million downloads of Acrobat Reader today on Android devices — and millions more across creative mobile apps — Chromebook users will be able to take advantage of innovative Adobe products, providing new ways to create and work on the go, as well as leverage the deep integration with Adobe flagship desktop tools, including Acrobat DC, Adobe Sign apps, Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC. In fact, Acrobat DC users are already seeing amazing advancements on Android with our recent integration with Dropbox.

As more people move towards these powerful new devices, and bring them into their everyday work, we’ll continue delivering the experiences that wow our customers, regardless of their device choice. Through apps like Acrobat Reader, we’re devoted to making the Chromebook a viable companion to serious enterprise work – and that devotion is why Reader has been the #1 PDF app on Android for years. We’re thrilled to help Chromebook users work with their PDFs no matter where their life takes them!

I am not sure about other Adobe apps, but the support for Adobe Reader and other PDF tools is going to help Chrome OS a lot in its effort to gain traction in the enterprise market. Businesses still love PDFs.

In coming weeks, we will see more vendors and app makers joining in and sharing the excitement. Stay tuned for more action!

Source Adobe.