Overview

• Google’s Rick Osterloh said the company is creating a common foundation for PCs by building the ChromeOS experience on Android technology.
• Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon confirmed his company is working on the effort and said he has seen it, calling the experience incredible.
• Osterloh framed the initiative as a way to bring Gemini models, the Assistant, and Google’s developer ecosystem into the PC domain.
• Google has not provided a release timetable or detailed hardware roadmap, and it has not shown a dedicated desktop or convertible device.
• Android 16’s current desktop work focuses on tablets and phone-to-external-display use, while few Chromebooks have used Qualcomm chips and none use Oryon CPUs today.