He says we'll be talking about Google's October 4 event eight years from now-basically promising an event of historical significance. Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google's SVP of Android, Chrome OS, and Google Play, has been hyping up Google's upcoming event in the strongest possible terms. A year is a long time, and plans might have changed, but Google's October 4 event is sounding like a good place for a sneak peek. I have a feeling 8 years from now we'll be talking about Oct 4, 2016.Īgain, that Wall Street Journal report from a year ago promised an "early version" of the merged OS for 2016.
#ANDROMEDA OS 2017 ANDROID#
We announced the 1st version of Android 8 years ago today. Android Police says it will start at $799. The supposed release date for the Pixel 3 lines up nicely with the original Wall Street Journal report: Q3 2017. The report claims the device is 10mm thick and will support a Wacom stylus, which will be sold separately. For ports and extras, there are supposedly two USB-C ports, a 3.5mm jack, a fingerprint sensor, stereo speakers, quad microphones, a backlit keyboard, and a glass trackpad. Bison is a 12.3-inch convertible laptop, but the report isn't sure if that means a Microsoft Surface Book-style detachable screen or a Lenovo Yoga-style fold-over keyboard. Internally, according to Android Police, there will be "an Intel m3 or i5 Core processor with 32 or 128GB of storage and 8 or 16GB of RAM," and the competing specs suggest the device will come in multiple configurations. "Andromeda is a much larger, more ambitious initiative that is being pursued via merging Chrome features into Android not vice versa" the report says. "It would be more accurate to say Bison will run Android than Chrome OS." AdvertisementĪndroid Police also has a spec list, which it says is "very much subject to change." Even still, these figures provide an idea of what Google is planning. It's easy to see the hybrid OS reports as an overhyped version of these products, but Android Police says Andromeda is a "completely distinct effort" from what is currently public.
#ANDROMEDA OS 2017 UPDATE#
We've seen Android and Chrome OS slowly come together in various ways recently, with Chrome OS gaining the ability to run Android apps and Android snagging Chrome OS' dual partition update system. The hybrid OS is apparently called "Andromeda." Besides being the name of a galaxy, it's probably meant as a geeky portmanteau of " Android" and "Ch rome." Google also has a launch device cooking for Andromeda, which is officially codenamed "Bison"-Android Police says this is the unofficial codename of "Pixel 3." "Pixel 3" is a reference to the "Chromebook Pixel" (Google's flagship laptop line for Chrome OS), but since this edition isn't running Chrome OS, you can't really call it a "Chromebook" anymore.
#ANDROMEDA OS 2017 CODE#
Further Reading Imagining what Google’s hybrid Android-plus-Chrome OS might look likeFirst up, we've got a host of new code names to throw at you.
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