4 ways Android apps make Chromebooks more like Windows PCs
(Android Central)

Google markets Chromebooks as more secure, simpler to use, and easier to maintain than Windows PCs, but Android apps may have changed things. Unfortunately for Google (and fortunately for Microsoft), Android apps on the Chrome OS chip away at Chromebooks` touted advantages. Windows PCs have been the standard for personal computing for decades. Apple`s attempts to subvert Microsoft`s PC dominance with Macs have succeeded in only carving out a tiny niche alongside Redmond`s market dominance. Google entered the fray with its browser-focused take on personal computing with Chromebooks in 2011. Despite Microsoft`s disparaging ads mocking its `PC` claims, Chromebook`s have slowly become a Windows PC alternative in schools, small businesses, and with consumers. In fact, Chromebooks overtook Mac shipments in the first quarter of 2016, according to Google. Though their small global market share leaves much room for growth, Chromebooks gained a foothold due to their appeal as a solution to ...