Google's aim of devoting its manpower on mobile computing, two of the most distinguished and well-renowned operating systems of Google which are the Chrome OS and Android, will soon be fused into one. Google engineers have been working with the two operating systems for two years now.
Google may release the early version of the merged OS ahead of schedule, most probably in 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported. However, Google purportedly plans to reveal the official single and merged OS version by 2017.
Google aims to get its software on as many devices as possible, including successful moneymaking services such as Search and YouTube. This idea is also viewed beneficial to many independent developers in a way that their apps will eventually work on many devices with minor modifications.
The merged Chrome OS and Android will be displayed next year at Google I/O, The Verge reported. The idea suggests Google's plan to effectively decrease the number of platforms it currently maintains.
Joining the two OS implies Android will soon control laptops and desktop PCs, prompting a large number of changes, including giving different users a single access to the Play Store and giving out millions of applications for different devices.
Earlier, Microsoft adopted an identical approach, giving its popular Windows 10 OS a new version to run both on PCs and phones as well. This idea gives quite a few apps to run on both devices. Apple, on the other hand, had decided to maintain its two OS, the iOS for tablets and phones and the OS X for its Mac computers. Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, believes that "combining these two subtracts from both, and you don't get the best experience from either."
Today, Android is regarded as the most used OS worldwide, powering more than one billion devices and smartphones created by a wide array of companies. The Chrome runs PCs and laptops.
Google boss Sundar Pichai, who led the creation of Chrome OS in 2009, previously stated that "mobile as a computing paradigm is eventually going to blend with what we think of as desktop today."
