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Android updates for Chrome OS are not predictable yet. There are no promised released cycles. The difference between Chrome OS and Android is also shrinking with new Android features and design tweaks landing in Chrome OS.

We do not know if there will be a time when Google comes up and says that they will ship Android on Chromebooks (or Androidbooks?) instead of Chrome OS. Until that day, we have to keep an eye out for the Android version on Chrome OS.

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Currently, Chromebooks are running Android Nougat and waiting for Oreo. If the commit that XDA blog found the other day, suggests they the team will skip Oreo and directly go to Android P.

The Code

The commit says:

arcnext: Hook up _P tests to android-container-pi builds.

More from within the code:

android-container-pi? (

+tests cheetsMidisP +testscheetsStartAndroidP

)

+tests graphicsGralloc

"

Google I/O 2018 is almost here. Google will show off the Android 9.0 at the I/O stage. Wouldn't it be nice to show off Chromebooks also running Android P alongside phones? An announcement that Chromebooks or at least Pixelbooks also will get Android P alongside Pixel phones will be a huge PR boost for Google and Chromebooks.

I think Google is building up momentum towards such an announcement! Any thoughts on that?