In practice, the runtime is still in development and some apps crash-especially since Google’s Android backend services aren’t present on a Chromebook-but many apps already work just fine. Google’s goal is to get every Android app running on a Chromebook. Installing one of these apps will get you the runtime, and then you can “sideload” an Android app and run it on your Chromebook. To test it out, it released four Android apps-Vine, Evernote, Duolingo, and Sight Words-that are now on the Chrome Web Store. Here’s how it works: Google created a “runtime” that allows any Android app to run on Chrome OS. Chat on Skype, play Minecraft Pocket Edition, or read the latest news in Flipboard it’s all possible, with a little help from Linux. Google is currently working with a handful of developers to bring a few Android apps to Chrome OS-but why wait for the pokey process to bear fruit? You can run any Android app on your Chromebook today.
