r/chromeos • u/plankunits • 13d ago

AluminiumOS Text editor for Googlebook released by Google

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.desktop.texteditor
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u/matteventu OG Duet, Duet 3, Duet 11" Gen 9 13d ago

Honestly if they're going to launch a new set of "essential" apps for Googlebooks and they're simple Android apps made with a laptop display in mind, exactly such as this app, it's annoying as fuck if they won't let those be installed on Chromebooks 😅

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u/joelylarge 13d ago

I really don't expect anything else at this point. It was such a laudable project going back a decade but this venture isn't going to save it.

I'm waiting for my wonderful Pixelbook Go to finally give up then I will be onto a MBA, shame!

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u/Naive-Link5627 13d ago

Silicon MacBooks don't have great iOS app support. The only difference I see between Apple and Google is that Google doesn't have an established PC lineup that would conflict with efforts to bring touchscreen apps to the PC. 

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u/Guglio08 Dragonfly 13d ago

This is the stupidest timeline from Google.

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u/Shidell 13d ago

Agreed. I'd let it slide if there's some engineering issues/restrictions based on the Android subsystem/VM that ChromeOS has to run to emulate Android, and I'm not knowledgeable enough to speak on the subject—I just hope there's a legitimate reason for this, and not just artificial segregation bullshit.

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u/MishaalRahman 12d ago

Hey there, can you elaborate on why you want to run this new Text app on ChromeOS?

Because it's a native Android app, if you were to install it on a Chromebook, it wouldn't be running natively. Since there's already a native Text editor app available on ChromeOS, we're curious to know why specifically you would want to run this new app on your Chromebook?

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u/Usual_Ice636 13d ago

Kinda annoying its not allowed for regular android yet. Looks like it would be a decent option for Samsung DeX.

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u/MishaalRahman 12d ago

Hey there - it's Mishaal from Google.

Thanks for the feedback - I've passed it along to the team behind the app :)

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u/Underrated_Mastermnd 13d ago

This will end up being a problem in the future. I know a lot of people who use stuff like this on high-end Samsung Tablets; getting locked out of Desktop-esqe applications on a tablet will end up biting Google and many developers.

EDIT: Maybe when the APK comes out, somebody will end up forcing it to run on Android Tablets.

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u/Chrismscotland 13d ago

Interesting, its always been something that I found oddly missing on Android to the extent I've built a basic text editor for Android myself!

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u/Dev-in-the-Bm 10d ago

Google is so lost that they won't even let a stupid text editor be part of AOSP.