Sameer Samat, president of Android ecosystem at Google, asked a TechRadar journalist why they were using an Apple Watch, iPhone, and MacBook:

I asked because we’re going to be combining Chrome OS and Android into a single platform, and I am very interested in how people are using their laptops these days and what they’re getting done.

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[–] 74 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Closed ecosystems are one of the reasons I don't use an Apple Watch, iPhone, or MacBook. I know I'm not the typical target consumer, but I'm not that special. There are a lot of people who specifically avoid convergence.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    This one might be different. Many Chromebook owners mostly use Android Apps when not browsing in Chrome. Chromebook tablets are great, for instance, because they are basically Android tablets with full desktop Chrome (I still use FF, though).

    Adding a full desktop browser to Android would realistically remove the need for ChromeOS, and be more efficient since it would remove the emulation requirement.

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