By Kyle Barr
Publication Date: 2026-02-03 20:30:00
Google’s big plan to merge its lingering laptop-based ChromeOS with Android could be one of its most monumental shifts for its multi-decade experiment with computing. The new OS, which has since been dubbed “Aluminum,” may arrive later rather than sooner, according to newly revealed court documents posted by The Verge. More than that, we can’t help but wonder what will truly change with our age-old Chromebooks once ChromeOS as we know it is fully kaput.
We already have a vague idea of what Aluminum could look like thanks to a leak first spotted by 9to5Google last week. The videos and screenshots published by the site hint that the next software built for Chromebooks will take pages directly from big-screen Android, though with a taller taskbar that will prove important for larger screens. Unfortunately, there’s not a lot we can gather about how this will impact app compatibility.
The main promise of combining Android and ChromeOS is the thought of…
