This is important because until now there was no Skype for Chrome OS, and on the web, the Skype app only supports messages, not voice or video calls. I had a video call with VentureBeat editor in chief Blaise Zerega, and it worked perfectly. I successfully opened up and used Snapchat, which until now, really, has been mobile-only.Ībove: Snapchat is hereby now on desktop, thanks to the Play Store coming to Chromebook. And you can’t adjust app window sizes to make them exactly how you want.īut over time these problems could be solved.Īnd there’s plenty that does work right now. Apps like SoundCloud and YouTube couldn’t stream content, and I couldn’t do a video call on Hangouts. Apps like Airbnb, Instagram, Lyft, Periscope, Postmates, Sprig, Uber, Waze, and WhatsApp can’t even be downloaded through the Play Store onto the touch-friendly 2015 Asus Chromebook Flip that I’m using at the moment. I should say up front that not every app will work perfectly on this early public release. (Eventually it will come to the beta and stable channels.) I’ve been playing with it today, and let me tell you, it’s liberating. Google said the Google Play Store was coming to Chrome OS, and now it’s finally here - in the developer channel of Chrome OS 53. Above: Android apps running on the Asus Chromebook Flip
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