The dream of utilizing your smartphone to energy a whole computing expertise may be very a lot alive and effectively and, in response to a new report, Google has shown off that its potential to have a Pixel cellphone powering ChromeOS on an exterior monitor.
Google has lengthy made it clear that ChromeOS and Android are to exist as separate entities, however that’s by no means stopped many from wishing that they might plug an Android cellphone into a monitor and begin utilizing ChromeOS. After all, the light-weight OS runs on units much more underpowered than trendy smartphones.
As it seems, Google appears to agree.
As reported by Android Authority, Google just lately held a “private” occasion the place the corporate confirmed off a Pixel 8 powering ChromeOS on an exterior monitor.
It’s not clear why Google did this, because the occasion apparently by no means made point out of any intentions to make that performance extra extensively accessible, reasonably simply giving “smartphone makers the tools” to run Android and ChromeOS from the identical gadget.
Among these instruments is the Android Virtualization Framework, Android Authority says, which was launched in Android 13. While it’s not the objective, AVF technically permits Android units to run a digital machine of one other working system. And, apparently, this particular construct of Chromium OS has “official support” for running by the AVF.
The undertaking is outwardly known as “ferrochrome.”
In a second post, this construct is shown in motion running on a Pixel 7 Pro’s display reasonably than an exterior monitor.
But, sadly, it doesn’t sound like that is one thing Google intends to launch anytime quickly. That mentioned, although, Google has lastly began to open up assist for Pixel telephones (beginning with Pixel 8) to hook up with shows over USB-C, so perhaps the 2 are associated.
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