14 DAY TRIAL // A year after promising that it will add Google Play Store and Android apps support to Chromebooks by the end of 2016, Google finally keeps its promise and updates the Chrome OS wiki with more Chromebook systems that support Android apps.
Last year in May when Google announced that it's rolling out Google Play Store and Android Apps support to the ASUS Chromebook Flip, Acer Chromebook R 11 and the latest Chromebook Pixel in the developer channel, they also promised to push this support to other supported Chromebooks, but it didn't happen.
Only now the company has updated its "Chrome OS Systems Supporting Android Apps" wiki page to notify Chromebook owners that they can finally install Android apps from the official Google Play store, but only if they switch to the Chrome OS Beta channel, which is incredibly easy to do.
Here's the updated list of Chromebooks that support Android apps
On the Chrome OS Stable channel, the Acer Chromebook R11 (CB5-132T, C738T), Acer Chromebook Spin 11 (R751T), AOpen Chromebox Mini, AOpen Chromebase Mini, ASUS Chromebook Flip C100PA, ASUS Chromebook Flip C213, Google Chromebook Pixel (2015), Samsung Chromebook Plus, and Samsung Chromebook Pro are supported.
On the Chrome OS Beta channel, Google supports the Acer Chromebook R13 (CB5-312T), Acer Chromebook 11 N7 (C731, C731T), Acer Chromebook 15 (CB3-532), ASUS Chromebook Flip C302, ASUS Chromebook C202SA, ASUS Chromebook C300SA / C301SA, Mercer Chromebook NL6D, CTL NL61 Chromebook, and Samsung Chromebook 3 devices.
The list continues with Dell Chromebook 11 (3180), Dell Chromebook 11 Convertible (3189), Dell Chromebook 13 (3380), HP Chromebook x360 11 G1 EE, HP Chromebook 11 G5 EE, HP Chromebook 13 G1, Lenovo ThinkPad 11e Chromebook (Gen 4), Lenovo Thinkpad 11e Yoga Chromebook (Gen 4), Lenovo Flex 11 Chromebook, Lenovo N23 Yoga Chromebook, Lenovo N22 Chromebook, Lenovo N23 Chromebook, and N42 Chromebook.
If you see your Chromebook in the list above and you want to run Android apps (we know you do) don't hesitate to switch to the Chrome OS Beta channel and try it out. We'll make sure to keep you guys updated when Google adds support for Android apps and its Google Play Store service to more Chromebooks. By out count, Google plans to enable Android apps support to a total of 67 more Chromebooks in the coming months, so fingers crossed.