Did you know that many Chromebooks support the Google Play Store? The Play Store started rolling out to Chromebooks back in 2016, and all modern models have full support for Google’s app store. With ...

Did you know that your Chromebook can install apps from the Google Play Store? The Play Store has come built into ChromeOS for nearly a decade now, and that means you can install Android apps on ...

The ChromeOS Task Manager is useful for everything from shutting down crashed apps to seeing exactly where all your RAM is going, and it can be a key tool in the power user's belt. Open it by pressing ...

Because of the rather long rollout of both Android and Linux app support, it isn’t easy to keep up with which Chromebooks are compatible. This list will show just how many Chromebooks can run Android ...

A new “App Mall” is in the works for Chromebooks, promising a streamlined way to discover and install apps. The App Mall draws inspiration from the existing Explore app and makes installing web apps ...

The whole point of cloud-based devices like Chromebooks is to give you a window on to the web that's as uncluttered and straightforward to use as possible. That means ChromeOS doesn't come with the ...

Zach was an Author at Android Police from January 2022 to June 2025. He specialized in Chromebooks, Android smartphones, Android apps, smart home devices, and Android services. Zach loves unique and ...

Chromebooks are awesome. They give you 90% of the functionality of a traditional Windows PC for a quarter of the price, making them an excellent cheap laptop replacement. They tend to have ultra-long ...

Also in today’s open source roundup: Should you choose rolling releases or point releases in Linux distros? And Windows users are dumping Microsoft’s browser for Chrome Many people have discovered ...

In the near future, using Google’s Chrome web browser on a PC will become a lot more like using a Chromebook. That’s because the app launcher, which has been a core part of the Chromebook experience, ...