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It’s not fun at all is in last place. Google is fighting with it Android tablets and Chromebooks for years, playing second fiddle to the game’s bigger players.
But the company has a new card in its content: the future integration of its two platforms into something new. Word on the street is that it’s called Aluminum OS, and it’s coming sooner than you think.
What is Aluminum OS?
Since the failed launch of Pixel Slate back in 2018, which was Google’s first attempt to integrate ChromeOS and Android, viewers wondered what the future of these platforms would be. Reports of a new desktop operating system have been swirling for years, something that blends ChromeOS with Android.
Mentioned by Google improving interoperability between ChromeOS and Android at Google I/O 2025. Over the past decade, Google has taken small steps towards unifying these two operating systems, but it is increasing, starting with bringing Android apps to Chromebooksand then with smaller parts which makes them feel like an ecosystem of products. It’s not that different from Apple’s approach. So far, both companies have resisted the full integration of mobile and desktop computing, and Apple has plans to merge macOS and iPadOS have been denied.
Recently, at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit in September, Google confirmed that ChromeOS and Android will merge; Google’s hardware chief, Rick Osterloh, took the stage to provide some details. He referred to the operating system as “bringing Android to the PC market” and confirmed a partnership with Qualcomm on this new platform. It’s a worthy partner, considering the chipmaker’s experience in powering phones, tablets, and laptops. Later during the conference, Google’s Sameer Samat, president of the Android ecosystem, reportedly said that Google has “always had very different systems between what we build on PCs and what we build on smartphones. We started a project to combine that.”
Google executives have confirmed that this venture will launch in 2026. Google I/O 2026 seems like an obvious choice, but we’ll have to wait and see.
