Google made a version of ChromeOS that runs on Pixel, including external monitor

From the underling Android Authority article:

> The method involves running a special build of Chrome OS in a virtual machine through the Android Virtualization Framework.

So, not really a dual boot, not one at a time. A virtual machine.

In general I agree that Android itself probably ought expand to the second displays.

At the same time, Android kind of sucks & the eternal locking down of it just makes things worse. Termux is running on old SDKs & only on F-Droid because the paranoia just makes apps less and less capable forever.

Offering a real desktop OS that can do things, that lets folks have a file system, that can run a standard desktop display server: that feels like a sensible offering to me. Samsung gave up, but there was some excitement & activity when Samsung's Linux on DeX launched! I tend to think, yeah, it's not for everyone, and having separate worlds to bridge is a huge encumbrance, but also, it's a good option for advanced users, and it may well be advanced users that tend to wanting this feature set anyhow.

Chrome runs Android apps in a sandbox, so a lot of apps don't work in the way you'd think. Games might be OK as all data is stored in the app, but if you use say a note-taking app that exports a TXT file to local storage, that export won't work if the app is running on ChromeOS.

Not a user of Chrome OS, but DEX (R.I.P) and the main difference is multiple apps in their windows at once, so you can chat, watch a video and write an email at the same time just as you'd do on a desktop.

Crostini is a ChromeOS thing not an Android thing.