Google says all new Chromebooks will support Android apps
For Google, Chromebooks have not been quite the success the company was hoping for, firmly remaining a niche product. As part of a drive to boost popularity, the company announced last year that it planned to bring Android apps to Chromebook.
But there is, of course, the question of which Chromebooks this means: and now we know the answer. Google has published a list of devices that will support Android apps, as well as revealing that all new Chromebooks will have the feature.
In a seemingly innocuous post on the Chromium Projects site, Google says that: "All Chromebooks launching in 2017 and after as well as the Chromebooks listed below will work with Android apps in the coming future." The company confirms that Android apps are already available on the Asus Chromebook Flip, Acer Chromebook R11 / C738T and Google Chromebook Pixel (2015).
While the news was widely expected, confirmation will please those who have been holding off making a purchase in case a particular model was not supported.
The full list of compatible devices is as follows:
| Manufacturer | Device |
| Acer | Chromebook 11 C740 |
| Chromebook 11 CB3-111 / C730 / C730E / CB3-131 | |
| Chromebook 14 CB3-431 | |
| Chromebook 14 for Work | |
| Chromebook 15 CB5-571 / C910 | |
| Chromebook 15 CB3-531 Chromebook 15, CB3-532 |
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| Chromebox CXI2 | |
| Chromebase 24 Chromebook R13, CB5-312T |
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| Asus | Chromebook C200 |
| Chromebook C201 | |
| Chromebook C202SA | |
| Chromebook C300SA | |
| Chromebook C300 | |
| Chromebox CN62 | |
| Chromebit CS10 | |
| AOpen | Chromebox Commercial |
| Chromebase Commercial 22" | |
| Bobicus | Chromebook 11 |
| CDI | eduGear Chromebook K Series |
| eduGear Chromebook M Series | |
| eduGear Chromebook R Series | |
| CTL | Chromebook J2 / J4 |
| N6 Education Chromebook | |
| J5 Convertible Chromebook | |
| Dell | Chromebook 11 3120 |
| Chromebook 13 7310 | |
| Edxis | Chromebook |
| Education Chromebook | |
| Haier | Chromebook 11 |
| Chromebook 11e | |
| Chromebook 11 G2 | |
| Hexa | Chromebook Pi |
| HiSense | Chromebook 11 |
| Lava | Xolo Chromebook |
| HP | Chromebook 11 G3 / G4 / G4 EE / G5 |
| Chromebook 14 G4 | |
| Chromebook 13 | |
| Lenovo | 100S Chromebook |
| N20 / N20P Chromebook | |
| N21 Chromebook | |
| ThinkCentre Chromebox | |
| ThinkPad 11e Chromebook | |
| N22 / N42 Chromebook | |
| Thinkpad 13 Chromebook | |
| Thinkpad 11e Chromebook Gen 3 ThinkPad 11e Yoga Chromebook ThinkPad 11e Yoga Chromebook Gen 3 |
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| Medion | Akoya S2013 |
| Chromebook S2015 | |
| M&A | Chromebook |
| NComputing | Chromebook CX100 |
| Nexian | Chromebook 11.6" |
| PCMerge | Chromebook PCM-116E |
| Poin2 | Chromebook 11 |
| Samsung | Chromebook 2 11" - XE500C12 |
| Chromebook 3 | |
| Sector 5 | E1 Rugged Chromebook |
| Senkatel | C1101 Chromebook |
| Toshiba | Chromebook 2 |
| Chromebook 2 (2015) | |
| True IDC | Chromebook 11 |
| Viglen | Chromebook 11 |